cemetery

cemetery

英 ['semɪtrɪ]
　　美 ['sɛmə'tɛri]

n. 墓地；公墓

中文詞源：

cemetery 公墓

來自PIE*kei, 躺，休息，詞源同home, city. 委婉語。-et, 小詞後綴，-ery, 地點後綴。

例句：

1. We got arrested once, for singing bawdy songs in a cemetery.
我們曾經因為在公墓唱下流歌曲而被拘留過一次。

2. The whole area has been shocked by the desecration of the cemetery.
對墓地的褻瀆震驚瞭整個地區。

3. He walked numbly into the cemetery.
他糊裡糊塗地走進瞭墓地。

4. He was buried in Highgate Cemetery.
他被安葬在海格特墓地。

5. The body was interred at the cemetery.
遺體埋葬在公墓裡.