cremate
cremate
verb
cremation
noun
cremator
noun
语源
verb
- [with obj.](一般作 be cremated)dispose of (a dead person's body) by burning it to ashes, typically after a funeral ceremony
火化；火葬 - In the ancient civilized world cremating the dead was the normal custom except in Egypt, Judaea, and China. Belief in bodily resurrection made the practice repugnant to the early Christians, and by the 5th century it had been abandoned throughout the Roman Empire. Cremation was revived in the West in the 19th century; in the East it has remained the most general method of disposal of the dead
cremation
noun
cremator
noun
语源
- late 19th cent. (as cremation): from Latin cremare 'burn'
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