burial
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈber.i.əl/ us/ˈber.i.əl/
C2 埋葬;葬礼
the act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony connected with this
We went back to Ireland for my uncle's burial. 我们回到爱尔兰参加叔叔的葬礼。
See also: bury (COVER WITH EARTH, ETC.)
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- Nearby another team is excavating some possible Stone-Age burials.
- The soldiers' bodies will be flown back to the UK for burial.
- From the finds in the grave, and the location, we are confident that this is a Roman burial.
- All the burials that have take place in the parish are recorded in this register.
- In the course of his duties the minister will also conduct baptisms, marriages and burials.
Idiom
burial at seaidiom 海葬（仪式）
a ceremony in which the body of a person who has died on a ship is put into the sea