burial

burial — noun

1. the event of laying a dead person in a grave, and the funeral service that goes

1.名詞C2
釋義

the event of laying a dead person in a grave, and the funeral service that goes with it

例句

The burial took place beside the old church after the final prayer.

the burial took place

Noa missed school to attend her grandfather's burial at the small cemetery on the hill.

同義詞
  • funeral

    broader and often includes the whole ceremony before the grave-side event

  • interment

    more formal and common in official or written contexts

  • laying to rest

    a gentler phrase used for respectful or emotional tone

反義詞
  • exhumation

    the later removal of a buried body from the grave

文法句型

the burial of + person/body

burial at sea

burial in + place

用法筆記

Often appears in patterns such as burial of somebody, burial at sea, and burial site. In everyday speech, funeral is more common when the focus is the whole ceremony rather than the moment the body is placed in the grave.

常見錯誤

❌The family held the burial in the city hall, and the coffin went to the cemetery later.
✅The family held the funeral in the city hall, and the burial happened later at the cemetery.
💡funeral can mean the whole ceremony; burial focuses on the grave-side part or the act of placing the body in the grave.