potter's field

短语

贫民(或无亲人者)的墓地；公共墓地; 陶人之田(《圣经马太福音》中所述耶路撒冷城外一地，昔人曾制陶于此) [亦作 Potter's Field]

发音

AU

词形变化

potter's fields 复数 potter's fields

别名

pottersfield

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A public place where strangers, paupers, and criminals are buried.

    习语

    There was a Potter's Field, a cemetery for the poor and friendless, far out in the country.

    Hart's Island has been used for the past 50 years as a potter's field for the burial of the paupers.

    Potter's field. The commissioner shall have charge of the Potter's Fields, and when the necessity therefor shall arise, shall have power to lay out additional Potter's Fields or other public burial places for the poor and strangers and from time to time enclose and extend the same to make enclosures therein and to build vaults therein, and to provide all necessary labor and for interments therein. The Potter's Field on Hart's island, however, shall remain under the control of the department of correction, and the burial of deceased paupers therein shall continue under rules and regulations established by the joint action of the departments of social services and correction, or in case of disagreement between such departments, under such regulations as may be established by the mayor.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 6

cemetery graveyard burial ground burying ground memorial park necropolis

词源

This phrase derives from the reference to the potter's field in the New Testament, Matthew 27:7. After Judas Iscariot committed suicide and left the 30 pieces of silver from betraying Jesus, the chief priest use the money to purchase a potter's field to bury gentiles.

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