| 单词 | burial |
| 释义 | burial (once / 593 pages) n A burial is the act of placing a dead person in a grave. It's a ritual of respect and closure. If your pet lizard dies, give him a proper burial by digging a little grave in your backyard. If you've ever been to a funeral, you've probably witnessed a burial — lowering a corpse into the ground. Though burying a body is physically like burying anything, a burial involves solemn rituals and deep respect. Often, religious services are given as the body goes under, and the family and friends gather at the burial to mourn the dead. A tombstone or other marker is erected after the burial. WORD FAMILYburial: burials+/buried: buriedest, unburied/bury: burial, buried, buries, burying, rebury/burying: buryings, reburying/rebury: reburial, reburied, reburies USAGE EXAMPLESWith all the hallmarks of a village inn, The Flask is very close to Highgate Cemetery - the burial place of Karl Marx. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Only the picture’s title, “Negro Burial Ground,” hints at the whole truth of the depot’s past. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) The new law does not apply to hospitals, certain researchers and cases of burial or cremation. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave Syn|Hyper entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture funeral a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated 2n concealing something under the ground Syn|Hypo|Hyper burying reburial, reburying the act of burying again concealing, concealment, hiding the activity of keeping something secret |
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