| 释义 |
cem·e·tery
\ˈseməˌterē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English cimitery, from Middle French cimitere, cimetière, from Late Latin cimiterium, coemeterium, from Greek koimētērion sleeping chamber, burial place, from koiman to put to sleep; akin to Latin cunae cradle, Greek keisthai to lie, Sanskrit śete he lies, sleeps
: an area for burial or entombment:
a. : a Roman catacomb
b. : a consecrated churchyard
c. : any burial ground, typically a large one : graveyard |