churchyard
/ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃ.jɑːd//ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ.jɑrd/
- n.
- 教堂墓地，教堂庭院
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
词源链
词源说明
Inherited from Middle English chircheyerd (also kirkeyerd > English kirkyard), equivalent to church + yard. Compare also Middle English kurk-garth, kyrkgarth, kirrkegærd, from Old Norse kirkjugarðr (“churchyard; graveyard”). Replaced Middle English chirchetoun from Old English ċirictūn (churchtown).
释义
名词noun
- 1A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.