cemetery

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/|/ˈsɛm.əˌtɹi/    美 /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/|/ˈsɛm.əˌtɛɹ.i/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
    — The plain around was interspersed with cemeteries, Turk, Greek, and Armenian, with their growth of cypress trees...

词形变化

cemeteries plural cœmeterium alternative cœmetery alternative cemetary alternative cementery alternative

词源

From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).
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