
英:/'ˈɡreɪvjɑːd/ 美:/'ˈɡreɪvjɑːrd/
墓园
复数:graveyards
n. 墓地
Now some graveyards are more expensive than houses.
现在有的墓地比房子还贵。
The timid girl had to detour round the graveyard to get home.
这个胆小的女孩只能绕着墓地走回家。
The vast black wasteland opposite the graveyard is the swamp.
墓地对面那一大片黑压压的荒地就是沼地。
A graveyard is an area of land where dead people are buried.
墓地是埋死人的地方
Same. My creative juices just seem to flow better during the graveyard hours.
我也是。夜深人静的时候我的灵感好像更会源源不断地冒出来。
Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard.
侦探们还在查找那些亵渎了墓地的家伙。
They made their way to a graveyard to pay their traditional respects to the dead.
他们一路前行来到墓地,以传统的方式祭奠死者。
All the town was drifting toward the graveyard.
全镇的人都涌向墓地。
It was a graveyard of the old-fashioned Western kind.
这是一个老式的西部墓地。
A muffled sound of voices floated up from the far end of the graveyard.
一阵低沉的说话声从墓地飘了过来。
graveyard shift
夜班;全体夜班的工人
n.|cemetery/boneyard;墓地
graveyard(名词)是英语中一个具有多重含义的词汇,具体释义如下:
字面意义:墓地
graveyard最常见的意思是指埋葬逝者的场所,即“墓地”或“坟场”。它与“cemetery”同义,但常带有更古老或小规模的语境。例如:“The ancient graveyard behind the church is filled with weathered tombstones.”(教堂后的古老墓地布满了风化的墓碑)。
这一释义在权威英语词典如《牛津英语词典》和《剑桥词典》中均有明确记载。
引申义:废弃事物或高风险领域
在比喻用法中,graveyard可指代“被遗忘或废弃事物的聚集地”或“高风险领域”。例如:“The abandoned factory became a graveyard for broken machinery.”(废弃工厂成了破损机械的坟场)。在商业领域,“project graveyard”常形容失败项目的集合。
特殊搭配:graveyard shift(夜班)
该短语指深夜至凌晨的工作班次,源于西方传说中幽灵在墓地活跃的时间段。例如:“Nurses working the graveyard shift often face sleep deprivation.”(值夜班的护士常面临睡眠不足问题)。此用法在《韦氏词典》和《柯林斯词典》中均有收录。
文化象征:文学与影视中的隐喻
在文学和影视作品中,graveyard常象征死亡、孤独或历史记忆。例如,狄更斯在《圣诞颂歌》中用墓地场景暗示角色命运,而《哈利·波特》中的“格里莫广场12号”隐喻魔法界的隐秘历史。
字面意义:
They visited the graveyard to pay respects to the dead.(他们前往墓地悼念逝者)。
A graveyard surrounded by pine trees(松树林环绕的墓地)。
比喻意义:
The port became a graveyard of rusting cranes.(港口沦为生锈起重机的坟场)。
Afghanistan is called the graveyard of empires.(阿富汗被称为帝国的坟场)。
固定搭配:
历史与文学:
现代隐喻:
graveyard 的核心含义是墓地,但通过比喻扩展,可描述废弃物的堆积地或失败频发的场景。其使用需结合语境:
例如:
The abandoned factory is now a graveyard for broken machines.(废弃工厂成了破旧机器的坟场)。
Working the graveyard shift affects one’s health.(夜班工作影响健康)。
通过灵活运用,该词可增强语言的形象性与深度。
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