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churchyard

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Christianity, Death
church·yard /ˈtʃɜːtʃjɑːd $ ˈtʃɜːrtʃjɑːrd/ noun [countable]  RRCMXa piece of land around a church where people are buried 〔在教堂周围的〕教堂墓地 graveyard
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churchyardTheir own church of St Dionysius was allowed no churchyard.This ended the controversy and at last the Sutton villagers were able to be buried in their own churchyard.The hearse took her to St Paul's churchyard where the service was to be held.Adjoining the churchyard is the Buttermarket, but only in name now.That's how I reached the marshes, and the churchyard.Now somebody was playing games and ... his eyes sharpened as he caught a movement in the churchyard.She went into the churchyard and found their parents' grave.About midnight the wind freshened from the estuary, rustling the hawthorn in the hedgerow round the churchyard.
church·yard nounChineseSyllable
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churchyard
churchyard /ˈtʃɜːtʃjɑːd $ ˈtʃɜːrtʃjɑːrd/ noun [countable]
a piece of land around a church where people are buried ⇨ graveyard


church·yardBrE /ˈtʃɜːtʃjɑːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃɜːrtʃjɑːrd/ 🔊 nounan area of land around a church, often used for burying people in 教堂庭院(常用作墓地)   compare cemetery, graveyard (1)