| 单词 | graveyard |
| 释义 | graveyard (greɪvjɑːʳd ) Word forms: graveyards 1. countable noun B2 A graveyard is an area of land, sometimes near a church, where dead people are buried. They made their way to a graveyard to pay their traditional respects to the dead. Synonyms: cemetery, churchyard, burial ground, charnel house 2. countable noun [usually singular] If you call a place a graveyard of particular things, you mean that there are many broken or unwanted things of that kind there. [disapproval] This had once been the greatest port in the world, now it was a graveyard of rusting cranes. [+ of] 3. countable noun [usu N for/of n] If you call an event or place the graveyard for particular people or their hopes, you mean that those people have often failed in such events or in that place. [written] America has proved a graveyard for British retailers. Translations: Chinese: 墓地 Japanese: 墓地 |
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