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词汇 burial
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Definition of burial in English:

burial

noun ˈbɛrɪəlˈbɛriəl
mass noun
  • 1The action or practice of burying a dead body.

    埋葬,掩埋

    his remains were shipped home for burial

    他的遗体被运回家乡埋葬。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Temporary hospitals were set up in private homes to treat the wounded and prepare the dead for burial.
    • She pleaded with his adopted mother and the hospital officials to allow her to take his body home for burial on the reserve.
    • Thanks to the Isle of Man government, the wreck was raised five months later and the crewmen's bodies retrieved for burial.
    • It was thought the bath may have been used to store bodies awaiting burial or transfer from Silverton.
    • To make sure that their bodies would be dead before burial, some people requested that they be cremated or embalmed.
    • It is a known fact that most of the primitive religious take their rites and practices from the burial of their dead.
    • They are also charged with preventing or conspiring to prevent the lawful and decent burial of a dead body.
    • Instead, Creon is guilty of a religious sin by denying burial to a dead man's body.
    • Tamil cremate or bury the dead, with burial being more common among lower castes.
    • Remains were brought to Kilgobinet Church on Monday evening last with burial on Tuesday morning.
    • The remains of the baby will be kept at Mayo General Hospital until Gardaí decide to release the body for burial.
    • It is this money which was used to release the bodies for burial yesterday.
    • It is generally acknowledged that the Indo-Iranians followed the practice of burial.
    • No postmortem was ordered, and the dead woman's body was returned for burial before toxicology tests had been completed.
    • This was the popular genre of postmortem images made to commemorate the dead before burial.
    • The clerics had grown authoritative to the extent that they could refuse burial of any dead soul in the city cemetery.
    • Mr Hooper adjourned the inquest and released the body for burial.
    • He said the coroner had released the bodies for burial.
    • The family must come to the mortuary tomorrow to collect the body for burial, or the authorities will be forced to intervene again.
    • There was no autopsy, nor is there any record of friends having witnessed the body or its burial.
    Synonyms
    burying, committal, entombment, inhumation
    1. 1.1count noun A ceremony at which someone's body is buried; a funeral.
      葬礼;出殡
      they will give him a proper burial
      as modifier burial rites
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He said his son was entitled to a proper burial, although the family now wanted to discover why he carried out the attack.
      • The large attendance at both Requiem and burial were testament to the respect in which Maura and the family is held.
      • It was when I was living in Washington nearly 20 years ago that I first heard about the curious American habit of conducting burials without bodies.
      • The issue is slightly confused by the fact that Darwin was given a full Christian burial, and interred at Westminster Abbey.
      • They found the little girl's body soon after that, and they had a proper burial.
      • If we don't give them a proper burial then we are amiss.
      • I have been forced to fix a personal quota of funerals if I am not to be on the move to and from burials and funeral parlours all year long.
      • She did obey the rules of her gods, which were that any dead body must be given a proper burial, with libatations.
      • Carved on the stonework are the names of the 73,077 men who were denied the honour of a proper burial.
      • These funeral homes and modern burials just don't compete.
      • Nor was he an atheist intent on overthrowing the Catholic Church: his final efforts to get a Christian burial led to a bizarre funeral.
      • Another option would be to send the corpses home in airtight body bags for closed-casket burials.
      • Furthermore, anyone who does attempt to give him a proper burial will be sentenced to death.
      • If they are dead, we want them to be given proper burials.
      • The family wanted to see the body and wanted a burial because of Islamic religion and this caused a lot of pain because we could not do this.
      • That is why they had been reluctant to give their adulterous sister a proper burial.
      • The thought that his body would lie where it had fallen without a proper burial was more than she could bear.
      • I wish to have a proper burial, but he told me that my husband's body was not found.
      • The burial ceremony the Indonesians had for my mother was different than what we had in England.
      • The Great Army was probably made up of various groups of Vikings - there is no reason why they would all practice the same burial rituals.
      Synonyms
      burying, interment, committal, inhumation
      entombment
      funeral, obsequies, funerary rites
      rare sepulture, exequies
    2. 1.2Archaeology count noun A grave or the remains found in it.
      〔考古〕葬地,坟墓;遗骸,遗骨
      as modifier burial mounds
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Our comparisons also suggest that the types of grave artifacts included with burials were partly related to age and location.
      • Pagan burial mounds on the Isle of Man have revealed the grave of a Viking warrior.
      • Human remains and burials have certainly been of major importance in the history of archaeology, but they are still only a small part of what archaeologists study.
      • Because of this not all the earth had been put back into the grave at the time of the burial, so it seems likely that a small burial mound or barrow surmounted the grave.
      • The new circle is bigger than Seahenge and has been interpreted as the remains of a Bronze Age burial mound.

Origin

Old English byrgels 'place of burial, grave' (interpreted as plural in Middle English, hence the loss of the final -s), of Germanic origin; related to bury.

Rhymes

Meriel

Definition of burial in US English:

burial

nounˈbɛriəlˈberēəl
  • 1The action or practice of interring a dead body.

    埋葬,掩埋

    his remains were shipped home for burial

    他的遗体被运回家乡埋葬。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He said the coroner had released the bodies for burial.
    • It is generally acknowledged that the Indo-Iranians followed the practice of burial.
    • Tamil cremate or bury the dead, with burial being more common among lower castes.
    • Instead, Creon is guilty of a religious sin by denying burial to a dead man's body.
    • Remains were brought to Kilgobinet Church on Monday evening last with burial on Tuesday morning.
    • Mr Hooper adjourned the inquest and released the body for burial.
    • She pleaded with his adopted mother and the hospital officials to allow her to take his body home for burial on the reserve.
    • No postmortem was ordered, and the dead woman's body was returned for burial before toxicology tests had been completed.
    • The clerics had grown authoritative to the extent that they could refuse burial of any dead soul in the city cemetery.
    • It is this money which was used to release the bodies for burial yesterday.
    • There was no autopsy, nor is there any record of friends having witnessed the body or its burial.
    • The remains of the baby will be kept at Mayo General Hospital until Gardaí decide to release the body for burial.
    • It is a known fact that most of the primitive religious take their rites and practices from the burial of their dead.
    • They are also charged with preventing or conspiring to prevent the lawful and decent burial of a dead body.
    • To make sure that their bodies would be dead before burial, some people requested that they be cremated or embalmed.
    • The family must come to the mortuary tomorrow to collect the body for burial, or the authorities will be forced to intervene again.
    • This was the popular genre of postmortem images made to commemorate the dead before burial.
    • It was thought the bath may have been used to store bodies awaiting burial or transfer from Silverton.
    • Thanks to the Isle of Man government, the wreck was raised five months later and the crewmen's bodies retrieved for burial.
    • Temporary hospitals were set up in private homes to treat the wounded and prepare the dead for burial.
    Synonyms
    burying, committal, entombment, inhumation
    1. 1.1 A ceremony at which someone's body is interred; a funeral.
      葬礼;出殡
      as modifier burial rites
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The thought that his body would lie where it had fallen without a proper burial was more than she could bear.
      • The Great Army was probably made up of various groups of Vikings - there is no reason why they would all practice the same burial rituals.
      • Furthermore, anyone who does attempt to give him a proper burial will be sentenced to death.
      • Carved on the stonework are the names of the 73,077 men who were denied the honour of a proper burial.
      • That is why they had been reluctant to give their adulterous sister a proper burial.
      • The issue is slightly confused by the fact that Darwin was given a full Christian burial, and interred at Westminster Abbey.
      • Nor was he an atheist intent on overthrowing the Catholic Church: his final efforts to get a Christian burial led to a bizarre funeral.
      • The burial ceremony the Indonesians had for my mother was different than what we had in England.
      • It was when I was living in Washington nearly 20 years ago that I first heard about the curious American habit of conducting burials without bodies.
      • He said his son was entitled to a proper burial, although the family now wanted to discover why he carried out the attack.
      • She did obey the rules of her gods, which were that any dead body must be given a proper burial, with libatations.
      • If they are dead, we want them to be given proper burials.
      • I have been forced to fix a personal quota of funerals if I am not to be on the move to and from burials and funeral parlours all year long.
      • Another option would be to send the corpses home in airtight body bags for closed-casket burials.
      • These funeral homes and modern burials just don't compete.
      • If we don't give them a proper burial then we are amiss.
      • The large attendance at both Requiem and burial were testament to the respect in which Maura and the family is held.
      • They found the little girl's body soon after that, and they had a proper burial.
      • The family wanted to see the body and wanted a burial because of Islamic religion and this caused a lot of pain because we could not do this.
      • I wish to have a proper burial, but he told me that my husband's body was not found.
      Synonyms
      burying, interment, committal, inhumation
    2. 1.2Archaeology A grave or the remains found in it.
      〔考古〕葬地,坟墓;遗骸,遗骨
      as modifier burial mounds
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Our comparisons also suggest that the types of grave artifacts included with burials were partly related to age and location.
      • The new circle is bigger than Seahenge and has been interpreted as the remains of a Bronze Age burial mound.
      • Because of this not all the earth had been put back into the grave at the time of the burial, so it seems likely that a small burial mound or barrow surmounted the grave.
      • Pagan burial mounds on the Isle of Man have revealed the grave of a Viking warrior.
      • Human remains and burials have certainly been of major importance in the history of archaeology, but they are still only a small part of what archaeologists study.

Origin

Old English byrgels ‘place of burial, grave’ (interpreted as plural in Middle English, hence the loss of the final -s), of Germanic origin; related to bury.

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