| 词汇 | burial-ground |
| 释义 | burial ground noun[ C ] uk /ˈber.i.əl ˌɡraʊnd/ us /ˈber.i.əl ˌɡraʊnd/ an area of land where dead bodies are buried, especially a long time ago（尤指古老的）墓地，坟地 Synonyms cemetery graveyard necropolis Places where bodies are buried or cremated catacomb cemetery charnel house churchyard columbarium crematorium crematory crypt grave graveside graveyard mausoleum necropolis ossuary pyre resting place sepulchre the pyramidsphrase tomb vault Once a year the living held feasts in the burial ground, and invited the ghosts to share in the repast. The burial ground contains sixteen graves, which will give the annual percentage of mortality. The church is built on a lofty promontory, in the middle of a very large burial ground. They had no burial ground in the settlement, and he was laid to rest several miles from his home. To preserve the body from the wolves it was placed upon a scaffold, and then later carried to the borders of a lake, on the border of which was the burial ground of the family. burial ground | American Dictionaryburial ground noun[ C ] us/ˈber·i·əl ˌɡrɑʊnd/ an area of land where bodies are buried Examples of burial groundburial ground A related factor in selecting a fresh site had to do with the burialground in the old homestead. They prevented any person who looked poor from entering the burialground. I understand that a parish may have its burialground in another parish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another time we were discussing for ever so long whether a disused burialground might be used as a tramway shelter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The grievance on that ground would be intensified ten-fold if the thing applied to the parish churchyard or the burialground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People concerned in developing a burialground should be prepared to safeguard the interests and the feelings of the relatives of those buried. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No graveyard or burialground belonging to any other denomination is to be taken away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They built a chapel and arranged their burialground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is very objectionable that religious bodies should have a right in these schemes to claim a site for a burialground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A burialground can be put on a hillside but not an aerodrome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The burialground is held both for the burgh ratepayers and the landward ratepayers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The question is whether in any case the disused burialground was regarded as a source of profit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has on its doorstep the mass animal burialground, where 500,000 animals are buried. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What was a fashionable burialground in 1837 and in subsequent years is no longer fashionable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That concerns a privately owned cemetery which had not been used as a burialground since 1854. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of burial ground These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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