a ceremony, often a religious one, for burying or cremating (= burning) a dead person 葬禮;喪禮;出殡 Hundreds of people attended the funeral. 數百人參加了葬禮。 a funeral procession 送葬隊伍 a funeral march (= a sad piece of music suitable for funerals) 喪禮進行曲
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc1, Life stagesc1A clergyman friend of the family conducted the funeral. 這家人的一位牧師朋友主持了葬禮。 Everyone went back to the house after the service for the funeral gathering. 葬禮後所有人都回到了屋裏完聚。 He read out a poem at her funeral. 他在她的葬禮上朗讀了一首詩。 The dead man's son arranged the funeral. 死者的兒子安排了葬禮。 The family held a private funeral. 這家人舉行了一個私人葬禮。 a mass funeral of the victims of the fire 火災遇難者的集體葬禮 the flames of the funeral pyre 火葬柴堆燃燒的火焰
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’.