an area of land used for burying dead people, especially one that is not next to a church （尤指不靠近教堂的）墓地，坟地，公墓 He was buried in a private cemetery. 他埋在私人墓地。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- local
- private
- public
- …
- be buried in
- visit
- in a/the cemetery
Word Originlate Middle English: via late Latin from Greek koimētērion ‘dormitory’, from koiman ‘put to sleep’.