the act or ceremony of burying a dead body 埋葬;葬礼 a burial place/mound/site 安葬地;坟头;坟地 Her body was sent home for burial. 她的尸骨已运回家乡安葬。 His family insisted he should be given a proper burial. 他的家人坚持应该为他举行得体的葬礼。 baptism, marriage and burial services 洗礼、婚姻和葬礼
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc1, Life stagesc1His body was returned home for burial. 他的尸体已运回家乡安葬。 There were objections to the body's burial in consecrated ground. 有人反对将这具尸体葬在圣地。 We want to give him a decent Christian burial. 我们想给他举行一个体面的基督教式的葬礼。 disturbing an ancient burial site 扰乱古坟场 preventing the body's burial in consecrated ground 阻止在圣地掩埋这具尸体
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- decent
- proper
- Christian
- …
- give somebody
- attend
- go to
- …
- take place
- chamber
- ground
- mound
- …
- for burial
- burial in
Word OriginOld 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.