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词汇 graveyard
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Definition of graveyard in English:

graveyard

noun ˈɡreɪvjɑːdˈɡreɪvˌjɑrd
  • A burial ground, especially one beside a church.

    (尤指教堂边的)墓地

    he was buried in the graveyard of St Mary's parish church
    a state-sponsored graveyard of artistic ambition
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He decided to brave the city streets and walked over to the church graveyard.
    • Everyday she visited the graveyard and stood for hours before the grave of her daughter.
    • The main path in the graveyard across the road from the church will be replaced this week.
    • After a final prayer, the coffin was lifted and transported to the church graveyard.
    • So the old parish churches, with their graveyards, are a precious heritage.
    • Can I remind both children and parents that graveyards and cemeteries are not playgrounds.
    • Churches and graveyards suffered desecration and in some places destruction under subsequent regimes.
    • He was shaking as he watched the men carry the box into the graveyard behind the church.
    • The graveyard was used from the beginning, as poor people who went to the workhouse couldn't afford to be buried in the church graveyards.
    • People attending are advised to use the field next to the graveyard for parking.
    • This church was located at the back of the old graveyard and had direct access to the priests house.
    • He was buried beside my mother in the graveyard beside the church in the little town near our ranch.
    • The church is situated in the old graveyard and across the road from the present cemetery.
    • The relatives of all those buried in the graveyards had decorated their graves for the occasion.
    • Burial in the ground was the most common method; there are ancient graveyards found on all the major islands.
    • He was buried with full military honours in the graveyard of his local church.
    • She cycled on, through the winding streets of the village to the graveyard beside the old stone church.
    • Easter is celebrated in the church and by visiting the graveyards of kin.
    • A campaign has been launched to restore a historic graveyard to its former glory.
    • Nearby there is an old graveyard and it would appear that a church may have existed.
    Synonyms
    cemetery, burial ground, churchyard, memorial park, necropolis, burial place, burying place, garden of remembrance
    Scottish kirkyard
    informal boneyard
    historical potter's field, charnel house, urnfield
    archaic God's acre

Definition of graveyard in US English:

graveyard

nounˈɡreɪvˌjɑrdˈɡrāvˌyärd
  • A burial ground, especially one beside a church.

    (尤指教堂边的)墓地

    he was buried in the graveyard of St. Mary's parish church
    a state-sponsored graveyard of artistic ambition
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Can I remind both children and parents that graveyards and cemeteries are not playgrounds.
    • The main path in the graveyard across the road from the church will be replaced this week.
    • Churches and graveyards suffered desecration and in some places destruction under subsequent regimes.
    • Nearby there is an old graveyard and it would appear that a church may have existed.
    • He decided to brave the city streets and walked over to the church graveyard.
    • A campaign has been launched to restore a historic graveyard to its former glory.
    • The relatives of all those buried in the graveyards had decorated their graves for the occasion.
    • The graveyard was used from the beginning, as poor people who went to the workhouse couldn't afford to be buried in the church graveyards.
    • So the old parish churches, with their graveyards, are a precious heritage.
    • People attending are advised to use the field next to the graveyard for parking.
    • After a final prayer, the coffin was lifted and transported to the church graveyard.
    • Everyday she visited the graveyard and stood for hours before the grave of her daughter.
    • She cycled on, through the winding streets of the village to the graveyard beside the old stone church.
    • Easter is celebrated in the church and by visiting the graveyards of kin.
    • This church was located at the back of the old graveyard and had direct access to the priests house.
    • He was buried beside my mother in the graveyard beside the church in the little town near our ranch.
    • He was shaking as he watched the men carry the box into the graveyard behind the church.
    • Burial in the ground was the most common method; there are ancient graveyards found on all the major islands.
    • The church is situated in the old graveyard and across the road from the present cemetery.
    • He was buried with full military honours in the graveyard of his local church.
    Synonyms
    cemetery, burial ground, churchyard, memorial park, necropolis, burial place, burying place, garden of remembrance
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