| 单词 | inter |
| 释义 | inter (once / 665 pages) v Inter means to bury, usually in a tomb or grave. If you loved your cat a lot, you might want to inter her remains in the back yard and make a nice little memorial. Most of the time, the word inter is going to be about burying someone or something. Often times, a family owns a plot of land in a cemetery where all family members are interred when they die. Occasionally, you might see it in the phrase "inter alia," a literary Latin expression meaning "among other things." Your professor is probably a poet and a scholar, inter alia. WORD FAMILYinter: disinter, interment, interred, interring, inters+/disinter: disinterment, disinterred, disinterring, disinters/disinterment: disinterments/interment: interments USAGE EXAMPLESThe researchers obtained permission to study samples of the pathogen from a child interred in the crypt of a church in Vilnius, Lithuania. BBC(Dec 08, 2016) In a job interview with McKinsey, they told him that he was not certain enough in his opinions. Slate(Dec 06, 2016) In a family ceremony, Fidel Castro's ashes are being interred next to those of the 19th Century Cuban independence hero, Jose Marti. BBC(Dec 04, 2016) v place in a grave or tomb Syn|Hyper bury, entomb, inhume, lay to rest lay, put down, repose put in a horizontal position |
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