新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

bury

英  [ˈberi]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • buries , burying , buried

    1[T 及物动词]

    To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth.

    双语例句

    例:

    They make the charcoal by burying wood in the ground and then slowly burning it.

    他们通过把木头埋到地下慢慢燃烧来获取木炭。

    例:

    squirrels who bury nuts and seeds.

    将坚果和种子埋起来的松鼠。

    2[T 及物动词] 埋葬

    To bury a dead person means to put their body into a grave and cover it with earth.

    双语例句

    例:

    Soldiers helped to bury the dead in large communal graves.

    士兵们协助将死者埋葬在大型公共墓地里。

    例:

    I was horrified that people would think I was dead and bury me alive.

    人们会以为我死了而将我活埋,这念头让我极度恐惧。

    3[T 及物动词] 丧失(亲人)

    If someone says they have buried one of their relatives, they mean that one of their relatives has died.

    双语例句

    例:

    He had buried his wife some two years before he retired.

    大概在他退休的前两年,他的妻子去世了。

    4[T 及物动词] 埋藏

    If you bury something under a large quantity of things, you put it there, often in order to hide it.

    双语例句

    例:

    She buried it under some leaves.

    她把它埋藏在一些树叶下。

    5[T 及物动词] 掩埋

    If something buries a place or person, it falls on top of them so that it completely covers them and often harms them in some way.

    双语例句

    例:

    Latest reports say that mud slides buried entire villages.

    最新的报道说泥石流将好几个村庄整个吞没。

    例:

    Their house was buried by a landslide.

    他们的房子在一次塌方中掩埋。

    6[T 及物动词] 埋进…中

    If you bury your head or face in something, you press your head or face against it, often because you are unhappy.

    近义词

    hide

    双语例句

    例:

    She buried her face in the pillows.

    她把脸埋进枕头中。

    7[T 及物动词] 嵌入

    If something buries itself somewhere, or if you bury it there, it is pushed very deeply in there.

    双语例句

    例:

    The missile buried itself deep in the grassy hillside.

    导弹深深地嵌入长满草的山坡中。