| 词汇 | churchyard |
| 释义 | churchyard noun[ C ] uk /ˈtʃɜːtʃ.jɑːd/ us /ˈtʃɝːtʃ.jɑːrd/ an area of land around a church, where dead bodies are buried教堂墓地 Manfred Gottschalk/Stone/GettyImages Places where bodies are buried or cremated burial ground catacomb cemetery charnel house columbarium crematorium crematory crypt grave graveside graveyard mausoleum necropolis ossuary pyre resting place sepulchre the pyramidsphrase tomb vault A small footbridge leads across the moat to the churchyard. I trembled and turned white, and thought of my father's grave in the churchyard, which I knew so well. The churchyard is exceedingly pretty, and the church most interesting. The clock was striking midday as they entered the churchyard. There is some old glass in the windows, and a cross in the churchyard. churchyard | American Dictionarychurchyard noun[ C ] us/ˌtʃɜrtʃˌjɑrd/ an area around a church, often where people are buried Examples of churchyardchurchyard Large parts of the northern churchyard were destroyed in order to make space for the basements of the new building. To a large extent the studies are connected with the church and churchyard. Meanwhile, private commercial cemeteries prospered on the outskirts of major metropolitan areas even as the old churchyards were still being used. Many of the churchyards were quite small, often less than an acre of ground, and had been in use for centuries. These bounds encompassed the churchyard as well as the church and its precinct. They were as overcrowded and ill-equipped to manage bodies as the churchyards. The year after the hog citation, he was called into court again, this time for leaving straw scattered around the churchyard. Some time around the year 1529 the chapel and the churchyard were transformed into profane plots. This is open to anyone who wants to busk in the churchyard. The first activity traced in the archaeological record is that the old churchyard was levelled. Even if the settlers felt comfort in their reformed faith, they did not dare to sleep over an old churchyard. In two further cases burial was designated outside the churchyard or cemetery. By 1619 the wardens had got him as far as the churchyard, but apparently he refused to enter the church for the service. There had been a deliberate contrast with the often chaotic nature of the city churchyard, where bodies were crammed rather than interred, and which lacked respect for familial affection. The churchyard, of course, should be cleared of its graves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of churchyard 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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