bury
- IPA[ˈbɛri]
英式
- put or hide underground；place (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb, usually with funeral rites
verb: bury, 3rd person present: buries, gerund or present participle: burying, past tense: buried, past participle: buried
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- 片語
動詞
- 1. put or hide underground he buried the box in the back garden
- ▪ place (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb, usually with funeral rites he was buried in St John's churchyard 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ lose (someone, especially a relative) through death a rich old lady who had buried two husbands
- 2. cover (someone or something) completely the countryside has been buried under layers of concrete the sheep were buried beneath six-foot drifts of snow 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ hide (something) from sight she buried her face in her hands
- ▪ hide or try to forget (a feeling or memory) they had buried their feelings of embarrassment and fear
- ▪ involve oneself deeply in something to the exclusion of other concerns he buried himself in work 同義詞
- ▪ informal (of a football player) shoot (the ball) into the goal he ran through to bury a right-foot shot inside the near post
