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in·ter /ɪnˈtɜː $ -ˈtɜːr/ verb (interred, interring) [transitive] formal  MXto bury a dead person 埋葬〔死者〕
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interCrusaris-inter-city multiple-units.Histological examination Day 3: The biopsies showed moderate to severe inter and intracellular oedema.Fieldmice and hawks are interred at Buto.They were unable to answer the question why they were interred here.The unfortunate gents are then unceremoniously interred in the sisters' basement.Eve's ashes are interred under a great oak at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire.Visions of dreamers were too frequently interred with their spirits.
inter- /ɪntə $ -tər/ prefix  BETWEENbetween or involving two or more different things, places, or people 之间,互相 intra-, intro- interdepartmental (=between or involving different departments in a company, government etc) 各部门之间的 an interstate (=a road that goes between states) 州际公路
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inter-the Internetto intermarry
Origin inter (1400-1500) Old French enterrer, from Latin terra earth inter- Old French inter-, entre-, from Latin inter-, from inter among
in·ter verbinter- prefixChineseSyllable
bury to Corpus dead a person


inter
inter /ɪnˈtɜː $ -ˈtɜːr/ verb (past tense and past participle interred, present participle interring) [transitive] formal
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: enterrer, from Latin terra 'earth'
to bury a dead person


interBrE /ɪnˈtɜː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈtɜːr/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they inter BrE /ɪnˈtɜː(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtɜːr/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it inters BrE /ɪnˈtɜːz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtɜːrz/ 🔊past simple interred BrE /ɪnˈtɜːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtɜːrd/ 🔊past participle interred BrE /ɪnˈtɜːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtɜːrd/ 🔊 -ing form interring BrE /ɪnˈtɜːrɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtɜːrɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb (formal) to bury a dead person 埋葬(遗体) OPP disinter   see also interment