bury

1. V-T To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth. 埋

They make the charcoal by burying wood in the ground and then slowly burning it. 他们制作木炭时要把木头埋进地里，然后让它慢慢燃烧。

...squirrels who bury nuts and seeds. …将坚果和种子埋起来的松鼠。

2. V-T To bury a dead person means to put their body into a grave and cover it with earth. 埋葬

Soldiers helped to bury the dead in large communal graves. 士兵们协助将死者埋葬在大型公共墓地里。

I was horrified that people would think I was dead and bury me alive. 人们会以为我死了而将我活埋的想法让我极度恐惧。

3. V-T If someone says they have buried one of their relatives, they mean that one of their relatives has died. 丧失 (亲人)

He had buried his wife some two years before he retired. 他大约在退休前两年丧妻。

4. V-T If you bury something under a large quantity of things, you put it there, often in order to hide it. 埋藏

She buried it under some leaves. 她把它埋藏在一些树叶下。

5. V-T If something buries a place or person, it falls on top of them so that it completely covers them and often harms them in some way. 掩埋

Latest reports say that mud slides buried entire villages. 最新的报道说泥石流将好几个村庄整个吞没。

Their house was buried by a landslide. 他们的房子被一次山体滑坡掩埋了。

6. V-T If you bury your head or face in something, you press your head or face against it, often because you are unhappy. 埋进…中

She buried her face in the pillows. 她把脸埋进枕头中。

7. V-T If something buries itself somewhere, or if you bury it there, it is pushed very deeply in there. 嵌入

The missile buried itself deep in the grassy hillside. 导弹深深地嵌入绿色的山坡中。

8. to bury the hatchet→see hatchet