in the cemetery
They buried their ancestors in the cemetery.
他们把祖先埋在公墓里。
埋葬死者的地方；墓地或纪念公园。；用于埋葬的土地；公墓；[法] 公墓
埋葬死者的地方；墓地或纪念公园。
A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
用于埋葬的土地
a tract of land used for burials
The cemetery is located on a quiet hill just outside the town.
这座墓地位于镇外一座宁静的小山上。
用法提示：cemetery 是名词，表示‘墓地’，在句中作主语。
They watered the flowers they had planted around the graves in the old cemetery.
他们给种在老墓地坟墓周围的花浇了水。
用法提示：cemetery 是名词，在介词短语中作宾语，指‘墓地’。
Many people visit the cemetery on sunny weekends to pay their respects.
许多人在晴朗的周末去墓地表达敬意。
用法提示：cemetery 是名词，作 visit 的宾语，表示‘墓地’。
They buried their ancestors in the cemetery.
他们把祖先埋在公墓里。
She works at the cemetery office.
她在公墓办公室工作。
We visited the cemetery to pay respects.
我们去公墓表达敬意。
可与 cemetery 互换，但 graveyard 常指教堂附近的墓地
通用术语，可指任何规模的墓地
尤指古代或历史性的大型墓地，语气较正式
特指教堂附属的墓地
委婉语，常强调环境优美，用于现代公墓
grammar · medium
易错句子He was buried in the old cemetary.
正确表达He was buried in the old cemetery.
拼写错误：英语中'cemetery'的正确拼写是'cemetery'，而不是'cemetary'，常见于学习者漏掉第二个'e'。
grammar · medium
易错句子She went to visit her father's cemetery.
正确表达She went to visit her father's grave.
词义混淆：'cemetery'指整个墓园，而个人的安葬处应为'grave'（坟墓）。学习者常误用'cemetery'表示具体的坟墓。
cemetery表示墓地，与死亡相关；birthplace表示出生地，与生命开始相对。
graveyard 通常指教堂附属的小墓地，而 cemetery 指大型独立公墓，不特指宗教场所。
tomb 指具体的坟墓建筑或墓穴，cemetery 指整个墓地区域。
墓地（一块坟地）
They bought a cemetery plot for the whole family.
他们为全家人买了一块墓地。
家族墓地
The old family cemetery is located behind the church.
古老的家族墓地位于教堂后面。
墓地大门
The iron cemetery gate was locked at sunset.
铁制的墓地大门在日落时锁上了。
公墓场地
The cemetery grounds are well maintained with trimmed lawns.
公墓场地修剪整齐，维护得很好。
去墓地（祭扫）
We visit the cemetery every year on Memorial Day.
我们每年阵亡将士纪念日都会去墓地。
军人公墓
He was buried in a military cemetery with full honors.
他以军葬之礼被安葬在军人公墓。
我将在墓地大门前与你相见
This line is from the song 'Cemetery Gates' by The Smiths, a popular British rock band.
这句歌词出自英国摇滚乐队史密斯乐队（The Smiths）的歌曲《Cemetery Gates》
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