cremate

大学 FREQ #27932 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 烧成灰, 火葬

发音

US /ˈkɹimeɪt/
其它
UK /kɹɪˈmeɪt/
AU /kɹəˈmeɪt/

词形变化

cremated cremates 三单 cremates cremating cremating 现在分词 cremated 过去式 cremated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

火葬；烧成灰

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To burn something to ashes.

    焚毁

    焚化

    及物
  2. 2.

    To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

    及物

    I want to be cremated when I die.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 3

fire burn burn down

词源

First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

来源：wiktionary