
英:/'ˈɡreɪvjɑːd/ 美:/'ˈɡreɪvjɑːrd/
墓園
複數:graveyards
n. 墓地
Now some graveyards are more expensive than houses.
現在有的墓地比房子還貴。
The timid girl had to detour round the graveyard to get home.
這個膽小的女孩隻能繞着墓地走回家。
The vast black wasteland opposite the graveyard is the swamp.
墓地對面那一大片黑壓壓的荒地就是沼地。
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。夜深人靜的時候我的靈感好像更會源源不斷地冒出來。
Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard.
偵探們還在查找那些亵渎了墓地的家夥。
They made their way to a graveyard to pay their traditional respects to the dead.
他們一路前行來到墓地,以傳統的方式祭奠死者。
All the town was drifting toward the graveyard.
全鎮的人都湧向墓地。
It was a graveyard of the old-fashioned Western kind.
這是一個老式的西部墓地。
A muffled sound of voices floated up from the far end of the graveyard.
一陣低沉的說話聲從墓地飄了過來。
graveyard shift
夜班;全體夜班的工人
n.|cemetery/boneyard;墓地
graveyard(名詞)是英語中一個具有多重含義的詞彙,具體釋義如下:
字面意義:墓地
graveyard最常見的意思是指埋葬逝者的場所,即“墓地”或“墳場”。它與“cemetery”同義,但常帶有更古老或小規模的語境。例如:“The ancient graveyard behind the church is filled with weathered tombstones.”(教堂後的古老墓地布滿了風化的墓碑)。
這一釋義在權威英語詞典如《牛津英語詞典》和《劍橋詞典》中均有明确記載。
引申義:廢棄事物或高風險領域
在比喻用法中,graveyard可指代“被遺忘或廢棄事物的聚集地”或“高風險領域”。例如:“The abandoned factory became a graveyard for broken machinery.”(廢棄工廠成了破損機械的墳場)。在商業領域,“project graveyard”常形容失敗項目的集合。
特殊搭配:graveyard shift(夜班)
該短語指深夜至淩晨的工作班次,源于西方傳說中幽靈在墓地活躍的時間段。例如:“Nurses working the graveyard shift often face sleep deprivation.”(值夜班的護士常面臨睡眠不足問題)。此用法在《韋氏詞典》和《柯林斯詞典》中均有收錄。
文化象征:文學與影視中的隱喻
在文學和影視作品中,graveyard常象征死亡、孤獨或曆史記憶。例如,狄更斯在《聖誕頌歌》中用墓地場景暗示角色命運,而《哈利·波特》中的“格裡莫廣場12號”隱喻魔法界的隱秘曆史。
字面意義:
They visited the graveyard to pay respects to the dead.(他們前往墓地悼念逝者)。
A graveyard surrounded by pine trees(松樹林環繞的墓地)。
比喻意義:
The port became a graveyard of rusting cranes.(港口淪為生鏽起重機的墳場)。
Afghanistan is called the graveyard of empires.(阿富汗被稱為帝國的墳場)。
固定搭配:
曆史與文學:
現代隱喻:
graveyard 的核心含義是墓地,但通過比喻擴展,可描述廢棄物的堆積地或失敗頻發的場景。其使用需結合語境:
例如:
The abandoned factory is now a graveyard for broken machines.(廢棄工廠成了破舊機器的墳場)。
Working the graveyard shift affects one’s health.(夜班工作影響健康)。
通過靈活運用,該詞可增強語言的形象性與深度。
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