urn

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n. 瓮, 缸, 坟墓

发音

UK /ɜːn/
其它
US /ɝn/

词形变化

urns 复数 urns urns 三单 urning 现在分词 urned 过去式 urned 过去分词

别名

urne

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A vase with a footed base.

    瓮

  2. 2.

    A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.

  3. 3.

    A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.

    骨灰坛

  4. 4.

    Any place of burial; the grave.

    比喻
  5. 5.

    A measure of capacity for liquids, containing about three gallons and a half, wine measure. It was half the amphora, and four times the congius.

    历史
  6. 6.

    A hollow body shaped like an urn, in which the spores of mosses are contained; a spore case; a theca.

    生物 植物学
v.
  1. 1.

    To place in an urn.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

pot vase

下位词 2

samovar tea-urn

相关短语

Urn of Fate urn tree urn trees urn moss urn mosses tea urn un. 水壶；茶壶 [网络] 茶瓮；茶缸；茶盒 cinerary urn lachrymal urn knife urn tea-urn n. 茶壶

词源

From Middle English urne, from Old French urne, from Latin urna (“vessel”). Doublet of urna.

来源：wiktionary