| 单词 | rebury |
| 释义 | rebury (once / 52068 pages) v When you bury something again, you rebury it. If a pirate decides that his hiding place for a treasure chest isn't secret enough, he might dig it up and rebury it in a more secluded spot. To bury something is to dig a hole, put the object in it, and cover it up with dirt. When you rebury something, you simply do this a subsequent time: "My dog likes to bury her bone in the yard, dig it up, and rebury it in the exact same place." The "again" prefix re- is added to bury, from an Old English root, byrgan, "to hide or bury." WORD FAMILYrebury: reburial, reburied, reburies+/burial: burials/buried: buriedest, unburied/bury: burial, buried, buries, burying, rebury/burying: buryings, reburying USAGE EXAMPLESThe remains were stored in small caskets at a local church, and later reburied in a cemetery in the island's capital, Jamestown. Nature(Dec 06, 2016) Long in the ground, the body will have to be disinterred, then reburied in a less dangerous spot. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) Former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos has been reburied in the Heroes' Cemetery in the capital, Manila. BBC(Nov 18, 2016) v bury again Hyper lay, put down, repose put in a horizontal position |
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