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graveside

/greyv-sahyd/US // ˈgreɪvˌsaɪd //

墓地,墓边,墓旁,墓园

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the area beside a grave.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being or conducted beside a grave: a graveside funeral service.

Examples

  • Her obituary stated that there would be a graveside service.

  • Early in the pandemic, I led a small, family-only graveside service for a military veteran and farmer.

  • The graveside services at the LBJ Ranch were the coldest I ever experienced.

  • Then Donald carried the whinger with him and went back to the graveside, still open to the sky.

  • Strange scenes sometimes are witnessed at the graveside, prompted perhaps by weird superstitions.

  • At the graveside stood the nurse, still suffering from the effects of drink.

  • Then he saw that Glory was alone by the graveside, and his voice faltered and almost failed him.

  • And then, as if he had omitted a fact of some importance, he added: "I will kneel at his graveside before we go."