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GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 埋葬
• ［英］ v. 埋葬 ( to put into a grave or tomb; bury)
• ［类］ submerge : water / inter : earth ( 被水淹没 / 被土掩埋)
• ［记］ in ( 进入) +ter ( =terr 泥土) -> 埋进泥土
• ［同］ 同根词: terrain ( 地形) ; subterranean ( 地下的)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (interred; interring)

• Etymology: Middle English enteren, from Anglo-French enterrer, from Vulgar Latin *interrare, from in- + Latin terra earth — more at terrace
• Date: 14th century
• to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb

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