graveyard
英 ['gre?vjɑ?d]
美['ɡrevjɑrd]
- n. 墓地
TEM4IELTS低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?graveyards;
英文詞源
- graveyard (n.)
- 1683, from grave (n.) + yard (n.1). Graveyard shift "late-night work" is c. 1907, from earlier nautical term, in reference to the loneliness of after-hours work.
雙語例句
- 1. Europe has been the graveyard for American golfers recently.
- 歐洲最近成了美國高爾夫運(yùn)動(dòng)員的滑鐵盧。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard.
- 偵探們?nèi)栽谒巡赌切┮C瀆了墓園的家伙。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They made their way to a graveyard to pay their traditional respects to the dead.
- 他們按慣例前往墓地悼念死者。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. This had once been the greatest port in the world, now it was a graveyard of rusting cranes.
- 這里一度是全球最大的港口，現(xiàn)在堆滿了銹跡斑斑的吊車。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. It was standing in the graveyard, in the grass, its bottom missing.
- 站在墓地的青草上面去了, 而且瓶底已經(jīng)丟失,雖然丟失了也就讓它空空地站在墓邊.
來自漢英文學(xué) - 散文英譯