[mass noun]the action or practice of interring a dead body 埋葬,掩埋 his remains were shipped home for burial. 他的遗体被运回家乡掩埋。 ■[count noun]a ceremony at which someone's body is interred; a funeral 葬礼;出殡 [as modifier]burial rites. 葬礼。 ■[count noun](Archaeology)a grave or the remains found in it (考古)葬地,坟墓
语源
Old English byrgels 'place of burial, grave' (interpreted as plural in Middle English , hence the loss of the final -s), of Germanic origin; related to bury