| 单词 | churchyard |
| 释义 | churchyard noun[C] uk/ˈtʃɜːtʃ.jɑːd/us/ˈtʃɝːtʃ.jɑːrd/anareaoflandaround achurch, wheredeadbodiesareburied 教堂墓地 Manfred Gottschalk/Stone/GettyImages Places where bodies are buried or cremated
churchyard| American Dictionarychurchyard noun[C] us/ˌtʃɜrtʃˌjɑrd/anareaaround achurch, often wherepeopleareburied Examplesofchurchyardchurchyard Large parts of the northernchurchyardwere destroyed in order to make space for the basements of the new building. From theCambridge English Corpus To a large extent the studies are connected with the church andchurchyard. From theCambridge English Corpus Meanwhile, private commercial cemeteries prospered on the outskirts of major metropolitan areas even as the old churchyards were still being used. From theCambridge English Corpus Many of the churchyards were quite small, often less than an acre of ground, and had been in use for centuries. From theCambridge English Corpus These bounds encompassed thechurchyardas well as the church and its precinct. From theCambridge English Corpus They were as overcrowded and ill-equipped to manage bodies as the churchyards. From theCambridge English Corpus The year after the hog citation, he was called into court again, this time for leaving straw scattered around thechurchyard. From theCambridge English Corpus Some time around the year 1529 the chapel and thechurchyardwere transformed into profane plots. From theCambridge English Corpus This is open to anyone who wants to busk in thechurchyard. From theCambridge English Corpus The first activity traced in the archaeological record is that the oldchurchyardwas levelled. From theCambridge English Corpus Even if the settlers felt comfort in their reformed faith, they did not dare to sleep over an oldchurchyard. From theCambridge English Corpus In two further cases burial was designated outside thechurchyardor cemetery. From theCambridge English Corpus By 1619 the wardens had got him as far as thechurchyard, but apparently he refused to enter the church for the service. From theCambridge English Corpus There had been a deliberate contrast with the often chaotic nature of the citychurchyard, where bodies were crammed rather than interred, and which lacked respect for familial affection. From theCambridge English Corpus Thechurchyard, of course, should be cleared of its graves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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