graveyard是什么意思
- 英式英标[\'ɡrevjɑrd]
- 美式音标[\'greɪvjɑːd]
英文词源
- graveyard (n.)
- 1683, from grave (n.) + yard (n.1). Graveyard shift "late-night work" is c. 1907, from earlier nautical term, in reference to the loneliness of after-hours work.
实用例句
- 1. Europe has been the graveyard for American golfers recently.
- 欧洲最近成了美国高尔夫运动员的滑铁卢。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard.
- 侦探们仍在搜捕那些亵渎了墓园的家伙。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. They made their way to a graveyard to pay their traditional respects to the dead.
- 他们按惯例前往墓地悼念死者。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. This had once been the greatest port in the world, now it was a graveyard of rusting cranes.
- 这里一度是全球最大的港口，现在堆满了锈迹斑斑的吊车。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. It was standing in the graveyard, in the grass, its bottom missing.
- 站在墓地的青草上面去了, 而且瓶底已经丢失,虽然丢失了也就让它空空地站在墓边.
来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
