a ceremony, often a religious one, for burying or cremating (= burning) a dead person 葬礼;丧礼;出殡 Hundreds of people attended the funeral. 数百人参加了葬礼。 a funeral procession 送葬队伍 a funeral march (= a sad piece of music suitable for funerals) 丧礼进行曲
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc1, Life stagesc1A clergyman friend of the family conducted the funeral. 这家人的一位牧师朋友主持了葬礼。 Everyone went back to the house after the service for the funeral gathering. 葬礼后所有人都回到了屋里完聚。 He read out a poem at her funeral. 他在她的葬礼上朗读了一首诗。 The dead man's son arranged the funeral. 死者的儿子安排了葬礼。 The family held a private funeral. 这家人举行了一个私人葬礼。 a mass funeral of the victims of the fire 火灾遇难者的集体葬礼 the flames of the funeral pyre 火葬柴堆燃烧的火焰
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- family
- private
- public
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- attend
- come to
- go to
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- be held
- take place
- ceremony
- mass
- obsequies
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- at a/the funeral
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French funeraille, from medieval Latin funeralia, neuter plural of late Latin funeralis, from Latin funus, funer- ‘funeral, death, corpse’.