单词 | burial-ground |
释义 | burial-groundn. A piece of ground set apart as devoted to the regular interment of the dead; a burying-ground, cemetery. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] littenc900 charnel1377 burying-place1382 fosse?a1425 churchyard1477 golgotha1604 God's acre1605 cemetery1613 burial-place1633 dormitory1634 burying-ground1711 burial-field1743 graveyard1767 burial-ground1803 burial-yard1842 boneyard1866 Boot Hill1901 necropole1921 memorial park1927 grave-site1953 1803 Ann. Rev. 1 98 The account of the burial-grounds furnishes the most interesting description in this work. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 197 It was the burial-ground of all the goats in the island. 1841 H. W. Longfellow God's Acre in U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Dec. 597 I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial-ground ‘God's-acre’! 1850 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. (ed. 2) II. 325 That burial-ground commands a beautiful view. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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