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| 1 | often passive to put someone’ s dead body in the ground during a funeral ceremony 埋葬 |
| All his family are buried in the same cemetery. 他的家人全都埋葬在同一个墓地里。 |
| | 1a | used for saying that someone has died 失去（某人） | | It’ s not long since she buried her mother (=since her mother died) . 她的母亲刚去世不久。 | |
| | 1b | to put something in the ground and cover it with earth （用土）掩埋，埋藏 | | There’ s supposed to be treasure buried around here. 据推测这一带埋着宝藏。 | |
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| 2 | often passive to cover something with a layer or pile of things 掩埋；掩藏 |
| My French homework is buried somewhere under this pile of books. 我的法语作业被埋在这堆书下的某个地方。 |
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| 3 | to push one thing into another very hard 把…插入 |
| bury sth in/into sth Diane screamed as the dog buried its teeth in her arm. 当狗的牙齿咬进黛安娜的手臂时，她尖叫起来。 |
| sth buries itself in/into sth The bullet had buried itself in the floorboards. 子弹射入了地板里。 |
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| 4 | to stop yourself from having a feeling or memory by not allowing yourself to think about it 忘却；遗忘 |
| memories buried deep inside her subconscious 深深埋藏在她潜意识中的记忆 |
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| 5 | to show that a belief or idea is wrong 证明…是错的；抛开 |
| It’ s time to bury the myth that wealth will make you happy. 是抛开财富能使你幸福的观念的时候了。 |
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| 6 | informal to kick the ball hard in football into the back of the net , scoring a goal （足球中）劲射得分 |
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| - | bury your face/head in sth
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| to cover or hide your face with something , for example to avoid looking at someone |
| 用某物盖住脸/头；把脸/头掩藏在某物中 |
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| She buried her face in her hands with embarrassment. 她尴尬得双手掩面。 |
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| - | bury your head in the sand
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| to ignore a problem or an unpleasant situation and hope that it will disappear |
| 采取鸵鸟政策；不正视事实；逃避现实 |
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| - | bury yourself in sth
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| to spend all your time doing and thinking about a particular activity |
| 沉浸于某事；专心于某事 |
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| Some people bury themselves in their work when their relationships end. 有些人失恋时就埋头工作。 |
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