单词 | bury |
释义 | bury (once / 82 pages) v When you dig a hole in the ground, put an object in the hole, and cover it up with dirt, you bury it. Your dog might prefer spending the majority of his time digging holes to bury his toy collection. You can bury something to hide it, or it can be part of a funeral ritual to bury a person who's died. You could also predict that the coming snow will bury the city, or you might bury your face in your hands if you were feeling dejected. The root of bury is the Proto-Indo-European word bhergh, "to protect or preserve." If you bury your money in the yard, maybe you're trying to protect it from thieves. WORD FAMILYbury: burial, buried, buries, burying, rebury+/burial: burials/buried: buriedest, unburied/burying: buryings, reburying/rebury: reburial, reburied, reburies USAGE EXAMPLESCollege scout teams consist of scholarship players who are buried on the depth chart and walk-ons who volunteer to be tackling dummies. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Instead, I buried it, pretended that it did not exist. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Quinton Adlesh buried a 3 from the wing to put Columbia up by 20 points with 11:16 left and the Lions never looked back. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v place in a grave or tomb Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square Syn|Hyper entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest lay, put down, repose put in a horizontal position 2v place in the earth and cover with soil They buried the stolen goods Hyper deposit, fix, posit, situate put (something somewhere) firmly 3v enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing Syn|Hyper eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow up close in, enclose, inclose, shut in surround completely 4v cover from sight Afghani women buried under their burkas Hyper conceal, hide prevent from being seen or discovered 5v embed deeply He buried his head in her lap Syn|Hypo|Hyper sink countersink, set insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) embed, engraft, imbed, implant, plant fix or set securely or deeply 6v dismiss from the mind; stop remembering I tried to bury these unpleasant memories Syn|Ant|Hypo forget remember, think of keep in mind for attention or consideration unlearn try to forget; put out of one's memory or knowledge repress, suppressput out of one's consciousness swallowkeep from expressing |
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