mourner
mourner — 名詞
- mournersingular
- mournersplural
1. someone who goes to a funeral — this could be a family member or friend of the p
送葬者
參加葬禮的人，可能是親友或受僱者
someone who goes to a funeral — this could be a family member or friend of the person who died, or a person hired to weep and show sorrow at the ceremony.
The Watanabe family stood among the mourners at the small church service.
Watanabe 一家人站在小教堂的送葬者當中。
A hired mourner wept loudly as the coffin was carried into the hall.
一名受僱的送葬者在棺木被抬進大廳時放聲哭泣。
passive: was carried into
Mourners placed white flowers on the grave, one by one, in silence.
送葬者們一朵一朵地將白花放在墳墓上，全場靜默。
Dr. Okafor arrived early to greet the mourners before the ceremony began.
Okafor 醫師提早到場，在儀式開始前問候送葬者們。
In some cultures, mourners wear black clothes for many weeks after the funeral.
在某些文化中，送葬者在葬禮結束後好幾個星期都穿黑色衣服。
- funeral-goer
more casual; someone who attends a funeral but may not be emotionally connected to the dead person
- bereaved
more formal noun use; specifically refers to family members who have lost someone, not to hired mourners
用法筆記
This sense covers both relatives and friends of the dead person as well as professional mourners paid to attend the ceremony. Distinguish from sense 2, which is about the emotion of grief and does not require attendance at a funeral.
2. someone who is grieving, typically because a person they loved has died.
哀悼者
為逝者感到悲傷的人
someone who is grieving, typically because a person they loved has died.
The elderly woman sat alone in her flat, a mourner lost in quiet sorrow.
那位老婦人獨自坐在公寓裡，像個陷入靜默哀傷的哀悼者。
As a mourner, the young widow found it hard to eat or sleep for days.
身為哀悼者，年輕寡婦發現自己好幾天都吃不下也睡不著。
Niko sat weeping on the kitchen floor, a mourner clutching his wife's unread letter.
Niko 坐在廚房地上哭泣，手裡緊握著妻子那封還沒讀的信，像個哀悼者。
The support group welcomed every mourner with tea, tissues, and a listening ear.
支持團體用熱茶、衛生紙和一雙傾聽的耳朵迎接每一位哀悼者。
Even months later, mourners can be caught off guard by a familiar song or smell.
即使幾個月後，哀悼者仍可能被一首熟悉的歌或一陣氣味觸動心事。
- griever
more direct and modern; focuses purely on the emotional state without any funeral association
- bereaved person
more formal; stresses the fact of having lost someone rather than the ongoing feeling of grief
用法筆記
This sense emphasises the emotional experience of grief, not the social role of attending a funeral. A mourner in this sense may never set foot in a funeral at all — they are defined by what they feel, not where they stand.