cemetery

【发音】

美 /'sɛmə'tɛri/ 英 /'semətri/

【翻译】

1. n. 墓地， 公墓

   英释:a piece of land, usually not belonging to a church, in which dead people are buried

【记忆】

ce ＋ meter(米) ＋ y → 人死后占一米的地方 → 墓地， 公墓

【短语】

1. arlington national cemetery : 美国阿灵顿国家公墓

【例句】

1. Then we were at the entrance to the cemetery, and he asked.

   不知不觉我们就来到了墓地入口，他又向我发问。

2. We got arrested once, for singing bawdy songs in a cemetery.

   我们曾经因为在公墓唱下流歌曲而被拘留过一次。

3. It was not a night in which any credible witness was likely to be straying about a cemetery, so the three men who were there, digging into the grave of Henry Armstrong, felt reasonably secure.

   一个正直可信的人是不会在这样的一个夜晚里在墓地里游荡的，所以，理所当然，正在那里挖掘亨利?阿姆斯特朗墓的三个人是不会感到有所顾忌的。

【同、近义词】

1. n.墓地；公墓

   graveyard/boneyard/