burian

词形变化

burians 复数 burians

别名

burien berien

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tomb; sepulchre.

    苏格兰
  2. 2.

    A burial mound.

    苏格兰
  3. 3.

    A camp; hill-fort.

    苏格兰

词源

From Middle English bürȝen, from Old English byrġen, burġen (“burying-place, grave, sepulchre, tomb, burial”), from Proto-West Germanic *burginnju, from Proto-Germanic *burginjō (“burial”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to shelter, protect, save, preserve”). Related to Old English beorg (modern English barrow) and Old English byrġan (“to raise a mound, hide, bury, inter”). More at bury.

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