Cemetery
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n.坟墓, 公墓
- ［英］ n.坟墓, 公墓 ( a place for the burial of the dead; graveyard)
- ［记］ cemet ( 睡) +ery -> ( 死后) 睡的地方 -> 坟墓; 联想: cement ( 水泥) , 用水泥造成坟墓 ( use cement to build cemetery)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun (plural -teries)
- Etymology: Middle English cimitery, from Anglo-French cimiterie, from Late Latin coemeterium, from Greek koimētērion sleeping chamber, burial place, from koiman to put to sleep; akin to Greek keisthai to lie, Sanskrit ?ete he lies
- Date: 15th century
- a burial ground
