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at the crematorium
crematorium 是可数名词，复数形式为 crematoria 或 crematoriums；表示仪式或火化发生在火葬场时，用介词 at。
The service was held at the crematorium.
仪式在火葬场举行。
火葬场；火化场
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
火葬场；火化场
a place where a dead body is cremated
The service was held at the crematorium.
仪式在火葬场举行。
指火化尸体的场所，不是焚尸炉。
火葬场；火化尸体的地方。
A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.
火葬场
a mortuary where corpses are cremated
火化炉
a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
The crematorium is located next to the memorial park.
火葬场坐落在纪念公园旁边。
The family held a simple farewell at the crematorium yesterday.
家人昨天在火葬场举行了一个简单的告别仪式。
Both crematoria have gardens where visitors can sit.
两家火葬场都有供访客休息的花园。
crematorium 是可数名词，复数形式为 crematoria 或 crematoriums；表示仪式或火化发生在火葬场时，用介词 at。
The service was held at the crematorium.
仪式在火葬场举行。
take ... to 表示将人或物送到某地。
They took the body to the crematorium.
他们把遗体送往火葬场。
used as 表示“被用作……”。
This building was once used as a crematorium.
这座建筑曾被用作火葬场。
Not this
The funeral was held at the cremation.
Use this
The funeral was held at the crematorium.
cremation 指“火化”这一过程，而 crematorium 指进行火化的场所“火葬场”；表示地点时要用场所名词 crematorium，不能用表示动作的名词 cremation。
Not this
They took the body to crematorium.
Use this
They took the body to the crematorium.
crematorium 是可数名词单数，前面需要限定词。中文没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉 the；用 the 才能明确指代双方都知道的那个火葬场。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
市立火葬场
The body was taken to the municipal crematorium for the funeral service.
遗体被送往市立火葬场举行葬礼。
当地火葬场
He asked the funeral director to contact the local crematorium.
他请殡葬负责人联系当地火葬场。
火葬场礼拜堂
Family members gathered in the crematorium chapel to say goodbye.
家人聚集在火葬场礼拜堂告别。
在火葬场举行的葬礼
The funeral at the crematorium was brief and dignified.
在火葬场举行的葬礼简短而庄重。
火葬场的骨灰
She collected the ashes from the crematorium on Friday.
她周五从火葬场取回了骨灰。
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助记联想：想象一座像 auditorium 的礼堂，里面没有演出，只有一排焚化炉，烟囱冒烟——这就是 crematorium（火葬场）。
语域：neutral 常见场景：funeral notices、official documents、news reporting crematorium 是比较正式、中性的用语，多用于丧葬服务、官方文件和新闻报道等场合；日常口语中也会使用，但总体不算非正式。
这些词与 crematorium /ˌkriːməˈtɔːriəm/ 的韵脚 /ɔːriəm/ 基本相同（重音均在倒数第三个音节）：auditorium /ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm/、moratorium /ˌmɔːrəˈtɔːriəm/、sanatorium /ˌsænəˈtɔːriəm/、emporium /emˈpɔːriəm/。注意：aquarium /əˈkweəriəm/、planetarium /ˌplænɪˈteəriəm/ 等以 -arium 结尾的词读 /ˈeəriəm/，拼写相近但发音不同；crematory /ˈkriːmətɔːri/ 也不是同韵词。
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