interment

IPA/ɪnˈtɜːmənt/
IPA/ɪnˈtɜːrmənt/

interment — 名詞

  • intermentsingular
  • intermentsplural

1. the act or ceremony of placing a dead person in a grave or tomb, usually with fo

1.名詞C1
釋義

安葬

將遺體放入墓穴或墓室中的正式儀式

the act or ceremony of placing a dead person in a grave or tomb, usually with formal rites

例句

After the funeral service, the interment took place at the old hillside cemetery.

葬禮結束後，安葬儀式在山丘上的老墓園舉行。

collocation: interment took place at [location]

Priya's family gathered at the graveside for the interment of her grandmother.

Priya 的家人聚集在墓旁，為她的祖母舉行安葬。

pattern: the interment of [person]

常見搭配
  • interment ceremony
  • interment site
  • interment took place
  • interment of [person]
  • private interment
  • interment at sea
同義詞
  • burial

    the common, everyday word; interment is its formal equivalent

  • entombment

    specifically placing a body in a tomb or vault, often above ground

  • inhumation

    a technical term used mainly in archaeology and legal contexts

反義詞
  • exhumation

    the act of digging up a buried body

  • cremation

    reducing a body to ashes by fire instead of burying it

用法筆記

More formal than burial; typical in legal, official, and ceremonial contexts rather than everyday speech.

常見錯誤

The interment was held at the church.
The funeral was held at the church; the interment took place at the cemetery.
interment refers specifically to the burial itself, not the entire funeral service.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • interment ceremony
  • interment service
  • interment site
  • interment plot

常用片語

  • private interment
  • interment took place
  • interment at sea

介系詞搭配

  • interment at
  • interment in
  • interment of