| 释义 |
urn/ɜ:n/ n. & v.●n. 1 a vase with a foot and usu. a rounded body, esp. for storing the ashes of the cremated dead or as a vessel or measure 瓮；缸；(尤指)骨灰瓮 2 a large vessel with a tap, in which tea or coffee etc. is made or kept hot (指可以热咖啡、茶等或保温用的)带龙头的壶 3 poet. anything in which a dead body or its remains are preserved, e.g. a grave [诗]用于保存死尸或遗骨的任何东西(如坟墓) ●v. tr. enclose in an urn 把…放入瓮内 □ urnful n. (pl. -fuls)[Middle English from Latin urna, related to urceus ‘pitcher’] |