1. vt.埋葬；葬　 put a dead body in the ground, a tomb or the sea
2. vt.掩藏　 hide (sb or oneself) in (a place)

　～ body　埋葬尸体
　～ goods　埋藏货物
　～ deep　深埋
　～ half　半埋
　～ quietly　静静地埋葬
　～ reverently　隆重地安葬
　～ solemnly　庄重地埋葬
　～ splendidly　隆重地埋葬
　～ at　藏身于…
　～ at sea　海葬
　～ in　葬于…，专心于…
　～ in business　专心于做生意
　～ in memories of the past　缅怀往事
　～ in one's book　专心致力于读书
　～ one's face in one's hands　以手掩面
　～ in one's hometown　葬于故乡
　～ in one's study　埋头学习
　～ in one's work　埋头工作
　～ in sloth　贪懒
　～ in the country　隐居于乡下
　～ in the newspaper　埋头看报
　～ in thought　沉思
　～ under　埋于…之下
　～ under ground　埋于地下
　～ under snow　埋于雪中
　～ with　以…方式埋葬

　After the battle, they buried the dead.　战斗结束后，他们掩埋了阵亡者。
　He buried his wife last week.　他上周不幸丧偶。
　He felt lonely after he buried his good friend.　埋葬了他的好友之后，他感到很孤独。
　He buried his loved dog's body.　他把他那只可爱的小狗的尸体埋了。
　That tall man is the priest that buried her father.　那个高个子男人是为她父亲举行葬礼的牧师。
　Pirates buried treasure in the ground.　海盗将宝物埋藏在土里。
　The dog buried the bone.　狗将骨头藏了起来。
　I tore you from my heart and buried you forever.　我把你从心中摒弃，永远忘掉。
　They agreed to bury their differences.　他们同意搁置相互间的分歧。
　It's time to bury our differences and be friends again.　是我们摈弃分歧重归于好的时候了。
　He had long ago buried the memory of the accident.　他早就把那个事故忘得干干净净了。
　One minor mistake by the right back was enough to bury the four years' efforts and aspirations of the team.　右后卫的一次小小失误已足以使全队四年来的努力和雄心付诸东流。
　All right!Let's bury the hatchet and be friends.　好啦！让我们摈弃前嫌，结为朋友。
　After their long argument my brothers have at last buried the hatchet.　经过长时间的争论不休后，我的兄弟们终于和好了。
　Will the time never come when we may honorably bury the hatchet?　难道我们永远不可能有个体面地休战的时候吗?
　We had been enemies a long time, but after the flood we buried the hatchet.　我们已成为仇敌好长时间，但经过那场洪灾后我们又和好了。
　He was buried at sea.　他被海葬了。
　Dead sailors are buried at sea.　水手死后是海葬的。
　The anger which had been buried inside me rose to the surface.　埋藏在我内心的愤怒暴露了出来。
　The enemy buried him alive.　敌人将他活埋了。
　I couldn't understand why a man who had always been so fond of the social scene should suddenly want to bury himself alive in a one-horse village at the back of nowhere.　我不理解，为什么一位原先那么喜欢社交的人竟会突然隐居到偏僻的小村庄。
　They were buried alive by the enemies.　他们被敌人活埋了。
　They wouldn't like to be buried alive.　他们不想被人活埋。
　We don't have the feeling of being buried alive here because so many of our friends come to visit us.　我们并没有在这里过隐居生活的感觉，因为许多朋友来看我们。

 ♣ bury in　(v.+prep.)
1. 把…埋入 put (sb/sth) into (a grave, earth, etc.)
　The violent winds buried the village in sand.　狂风把村子掩埋在沙中。
　He buried his money in the ground.　他把钱埋在地下。
　He buried his own body in the sand.　他把自己埋在沙子里了。
　Herry buried the dead dog in the backyard.　亨利把死狗埋在后院。
　He buried his hands in his pockets.　他把双手插在口袋里。
　The old man died and was buried in the cemetery.　那位老人死后，被埋在公墓里。
2. 用…覆盖（某物或某人） cover (sth/sb) with a lot of (sth)
　She buried her shoes in leaves.　她把鞋埋在树叶里。
　Then they buried the meat in salt.　然后，他们把肉用盐腌了起来。
　The little children lost in the wood were buried in leaves.　迷失在树林中的小孩子们被树叶盖住了。
3. 把（某物或自己）藏在（某地） hide (sb or oneself) in (a place)
　He wants to bury his fault in this.　他想用这个来掩藏他的错误。
　He buried himself in the country to write a book.　他隐居到乡下去写书。
　The facts are buried in a few old books.　事实真相能在几本旧书里找到。
　What you want is buried in these papers.　你想要的东西都在这些纸里。
4. 为了隐藏某种感情用双手捂住（自己的脸或头） cover (one's face or head) with (one's hands), so as to hide a feeling
　She buried her face in her scarf.　她将脸埋在围巾里。
　Burying his face in his hands, he tried to control his weeping.　他用双手捂住脸，想控制住哭泣。
　Suddenly the truth struck me, and I wanted to sit down and bury my face in my hands.　我突然明白了是怎么回事，我真想坐下来，用手捂住脸哭一场。
　Do something about it. Don't just bury your head in the sand.　想想怎么干，别不敢面对现实。
　No use bury your heads in the sand, folks. You can't turn back the clock.　逃避现实是没有用的，伙计，你总不能使时间倒转吧。
5. 专心于（某事）；陷入，沉浸于… give all one's attention to (sth); be lost in (sth such as thought) so as not to notice anything else
　I shall have to bury myself in my studies if I am to pass the exam.　我要想通过考试，必须埋头学习。
　He is burying himself in studying.　他专心致志地学习。
　In the evening he buries himself in his books.　每天晚上他都埋头读书。
　Right after dinner he went into the study and buried himself in his lessons.　刚吃完饭他就钻进书房埋头做功课了。
　It's no good talking to him. He's buried himself in his book again.　跟他说也没用，他又在埋头看书了。
　He is burying himself in his books, paying no attention to anything else.　他埋头于书本，其他事一概不问。
　You could seldom see him on the playground these days; he buried himself in his books in the library.　最近你在操场上见不到他，他正在图书馆埋头读书。
　He was buried in his study.　他专心于他的研究。
　She is buried in business.　她专心于做生意。
　He was so deeply buried in thought in the bus that he missed the stop where he should have gotten.　在公共汽车上他陷入了沉思，竟然错过了应该下车的车站。
　It's no good talking to Tom; he's buried in his book again.　汤姆又在构想他那本书了，你跟他说话会打扰他的。
 ♣ bury under　(v.+prep.)
1. 用（某物）把（某人或某物）覆盖住 cover (sth/sb) with (sth)
　I found that envelope; it was buried under all those papers.　我找到了那个信封，但它被埋在那些报纸下边。
　The letter was buried under a pile of papers on the desk.　信被压在桌上一叠文件底下。
　The report was buried under miscellaneous papers.　那份报告被各种各样的文件所覆盖。
　The animals' homes are buried under the leaves.　那些动物的栖息地被树枝覆盖了起来。
　The dead horse was buried deep under the ground.　那匹死马被深深地埋在地下。
　The house was half buried under snow.　那房子半截被埋在雪里。
　The city was buried under more than four feet of snow.　该城被埋在四英尺多深的雪里。
2. 忙于（工作） be very busy with (work)
　I am sorry, I cannot join you this weekend. I'm buried under a mountain of work.　对不起，周末我不能跟你们一起玩了，工作把我压得喘不过气来。

 ♣ bury, inter
　这两个词都有“埋”“埋葬”的意思。其区别是：
1. bury可用于人或动物的尸体或任何物体。inter只能用于尸体，且语气比较庄重。
2. bury常借喻表示“埋头于…”“沉浸于…”，宾语常是思想、工作、事业等。而inter则可借喻表示“把…融于”抽象的事物之中。
 ♣ bury, cache, hide, screen
　参见hide条。

　［派生词］ burial n.埋葬，葬礼
　［同义词］ conceal, cover, entomb, hide, inter, secret
　［反义词］ disinter, raise
　［词源］　中古英语briem（保存）