cremate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kɹɪˈmeɪt/    美 /ˈkɹimeɪt/|/kɹəˈmeɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To burn something to ashes. transitive
  2. To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial). transitive
    — I want to be cremated when I die.

词形变化

cremates present,singular,third-person cremating participle,present cremated participle,past cremated past

词汇关系

衍生词
cremains cremator crematory incremate noncremated uncremated
相关词
cremation crematorium

词源

First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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