Word · Frequency #9850
Fully loadedgraveyard
墓地；坟场
An area of land where dead people are buried.
- 1.
A tract of land in which the dead are buried.
埋葬死者的土地。
- 2.
a tract of land used for burials
墓地
- 3.
A final storage place for collections of things that are no longer useful or useable.
不再有用或可用物品的最终存放地。
- 4.
A period very early in the morning in which there is very little activity.
清晨活动很少的时间段。
废弃物堆放处；弃置场；凌晨；寂静的清晨；埋葬死者的土地。；墓地；不再有用或可用物品的最终存放地。
In use
The old graveyard behind the church is a peaceful spot where generations of villagers are buried.
She leaves fresh flowers on her father's grave in the local graveyard every Sunday.
The neglected graveyard was overgrown with brambles, and many tombstones had fallen over.
be buried in a graveyard
表示埋葬地点。
He was buried in the local graveyard.
他被埋葬在当地的墓地。
a graveyard of [plural noun]
比喻废弃物品堆积的地方。
The junkyard is a graveyard of old cars.
这个废车场是旧汽车的坟墓。
work the graveyard shift
指深夜到清晨的班次，通常从午夜到早上8点。
Connections
Collocations
- graveyard shift
- 夜班工作
- He works the graveyard shift at the factory.他在工厂上夜班。
- graveyard slot
- （电视或广播的）深夜时段
- The show was moved to the graveyard slot.该节目被移到了深夜时段。
- graveyard orbit
- 垃圾轨道（卫星废弃轨道）
- Old satellites are placed in a graveyard orbit.旧卫星被放置在垃圾轨道上。
- quiet graveyard
- 安静的墓地
- The quiet graveyard was surrounded by tall trees.安静的墓地四周环绕着高大的树木。
- visit a graveyard
- 参观墓地
- We visited the old graveyard to see the historic tombstones.我们参观了古老的墓地，看看历史墓碑。
- graveyard of ships
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 grave（坟墓）+ yard（场地）→ 坟墓的场地即墓地。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：埋葬场域、墓地相关描述 该词为中性语域，通常用于正式或中性语境，如新闻报道、文学作品中对墓地的客观描述，也可用于比喻义，但基本义场景下语域中性。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the spelling ending '-yard' and rhyme with 'graveyard' (/jɑrd/). Note that some words ending in '-ard' (e.g., hard, card) also rhyme but differ in spelling; 'heard' (/hɜrd/) is a common lookalike that sounds different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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.