Word · Frequency #21558
crematoriums
/kriməˈtɔːriəm/
noun
火葬场；火化场
crematoriums is the plural of crematorium.
a place where a dead body is cremated
指火化尸体的场所，不是焚尸炉。
- 1.
A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.
火葬场；火化尸体的地方。
- 2.
a mortuary where corpses are cremated
火葬场
- 3.
a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
火化炉
火葬场；火化尸体的地方。；火葬场；火化炉；焚尸炉
In use
The crematorium is located next to the memorial park.
The family held a simple farewell at the crematorium yesterday.
Both crematoria have gardens where visitors can sit.
Common mistakes
The funeral was held at the cremation.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。
They took the body to crematorium.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。
Connections
Synonyms
Confusing words
- cremate
- 火化（遗体） · cremate 是动词，表示“火化（遗体）”；crematorium 是名词，表示“火葬场”。使用时注意词性：表达“火化”这个动作时用 cremate，表达场所时用 crematorium（如 at the crematorium）。
- cremation
- 火化；火葬 · cremation 是名词，指“火化/火葬”这个行为或过程；crematorium 是名词，指进行火化的场所“火葬场”。两者词形相近，但 cremation 是过程，crematorium 是地点。
- cemetery
- 墓地；公墓 · cemetery 是埋葬遗体的墓地/公墓；crematorium 是火化遗体的火葬场。两者都是与遗体相关的地点，但处理方式不同：cemetery 用于土葬，crematorium 用于火化。
Word family
- crematoria
- plural
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.