"act of burying," late 13c.; earlier "tomb" (c. 1200), false singular from Old English byrgels "tomb," from byrgan "to bury" + suffix -els; a compound also found in Old Saxon burgisli, suggesting a Proto-Germanic *burgisli-, from PIE root *bhergh- (1) "to hide, protect" (see bury). The Germanic suffix *-isli- (also in Old English hydels "hiding place," f?tels "bag") became obsolete and was felt as a plural of the Latin-derived suffix -al (2) forming nouns of action from verbs (survival, approval, etc.).
雙語例句
1. They rushed the burial through so no evidence would show up.
他們倉促舉行了葬禮，掩蓋了所有證據(jù)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. a Bronze Age burial mound
青銅時(shí)代的墳冢
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Cremation is more common than burial in some countries.
在一些國家,火葬比土葬普遍.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The archeologists found fragments of bone in the burial chamber.