churchyard

/'tʃә:tʃjɑ:d/ uk　 词频 #22131

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churchyard 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 教堂墓地, 教堂庭院

英文释义

n. the yard associated with a church

churchyard 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 churchyard 在自然语境里怎么用：

Some of the oldest trees are named, like “Angel Oak,” a thousand-year-old tree in a churchyard.

—— On Learning About the Enslaved Men Who Dug South Carolina’s Lowcountry Canals

Meanwhile, the churchyard outside St Clement Danes was overflowing, as was its overspill ground, just over the road in Clement’s Lane.

—— In early-19th century Britain, body snatchers were such a problem that lead coffins, metal cages, and other hardware were used to protect the dead

In this strange interregnum between the arrival of hyper-urbanisation and the graveyard reforms of the 1850s, the city churchyard overflowed — and gave birth to enduring terrors.

—— In early-19th century Britain, body snatchers were such a problem that lead coffins, metal cages, and other hardware were used to protect the dead

Meanwhile, the fearful middle classes, distrusting the safety of churchyards, spent money on lead coffins, iron grids, and various “mortsafe” devices — metal cages cemented into stone around the coffin.

—— In early-19th century Britain, body snatchers were such a problem that lead coffins, metal cages, and other hardware were used to protect the dead

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