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an urn of [noun]
An urn of flowers decorated the entrance.
一个插满鲜花的大瓮装饰着入口。
瓮；缸
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瓮；缸
a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
An urn of flowers decorated the entrance.
一个插满鲜花的大瓮装饰着入口。
有底座的瓮
A vase with a footed base.
大花瓶
a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
金属茶壶或咖啡壶
A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.
大壶
a large pot for making coffee or tea
The museum displays an ancient urn with carved handles on a stone pedestal.
博物馆在石座上展出一个带有雕刻手柄的古代大瓮。
She placed fresh flowers in the ceramic urn by the entrance.
她把鲜花放进入口处的陶瓷瓮里。
A tall urn filled with dried branches stood in the garden corner.
一个装满干树枝的高大瓮立在花园角落里。
An urn of flowers decorated the entrance.
一个插满鲜花的大瓮装饰着入口。
The seeds were stored in an ancient urn.
种子被储存在一个古瓮里。
urn 是可数名词，复数直接加 -s，通常指有底座或脚的大瓮或缸。
Several urns line the path in front of the temple.
几个大瓮沿着寺庙前的小路摆放。
Not this
She bought a urn for the garden.
Use this
She bought an urn for the garden.
urn 以元音音素 /ɜːrn/ 开头，因此不定冠词要用 an，而不是 a。
Not this
He works hard to urn money.
Use this
He works hard to earn money.
urn（瓮）和 earn（赚取）发音相同，但本句表示“赚钱”，应使用动词 earn，而不是表示容器的名词 urn。
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骨灰瓮
The cremation urn sits on the mantelpiece.
骨灰瓮放在壁炉架上。
咖啡保温壶
Please pour some coffee from the urn.
请从咖啡保温壶里倒些咖啡。
茶水桶
The tea urn kept the water hot all afternoon.
茶水桶让水一整个下午都保持滚烫。
青铜瓮
The museum displays a bronze urn from the Han dynasty.
博物馆展出了一件汉代的青铜瓮。
瓮葬
Urn burial was common in the Bronze Age.
瓮葬在青铜时代很常见。
《希腊古瓮颂》
Keats's poem 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' ends with the much-quoted words: 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty.'
济慈的诗《希腊古瓮颂》以常被引用的名言作结：‘美即是真，真即是美。’
Use urn naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想U形大肚瓮：字母U正是urn的开头，也像瓮的圆肚与开口，一看到U就想到瓮。
语域：formal 常见场景：博物馆或艺术展品说明、文学或诗歌描写 表示带底座的大瓮或大花瓶时，通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在博物馆、艺术或文学描写中；日常口语较少单独使用该词。
这六个词都与 urn 押韵，都含 /ɝn/ 音：burn、turn、learn、earn、churn、yearn。注意形近但发音不同的词，如 urban /ˈɝbən/ 和 urgent /ˈɝdʒənt/，它们不像 urn 那样读 /ɝn/。
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