| 释义 |
buri·al
\ˈberēəl\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English berial, alteration (influenced by -al, n. suffix) of beriel, buryel, back-formation from beriels, buryels tomb (taken as a plural), from Old English byrgels; akin to Old Saxon burgisli tomb; derivative from the root of Old English byrgan to bury — more at bury
1. : a place of interment : grave, tomb
< artifacts occurring in burials were few — G.W.Hewes >
2.
a.
(1) : the act or ceremony of burying
< the burial took place yesterday >
(2) : the process of being buried
< burial of the deposits by sediment >
b. : the act or process of irrevocably dismissing, abandoning, or putting away : loss, abandonment
< the burial of dangerous illusions — New York Times >
3. : an interred human body or its remains — see primary burial, secondary burial |