cemetery

Compared meaning: a place where dead people are buried (noun).

比较义项：埋葬死者的地方（名词）。

• cemetery 本词

  The general, formal term for a burial ground; often a large, official site not necessarily attached to a church, used in everyday and official contexts.

  更正式、通用的说法，指埋葬死者的地方；通常规模较大，是不一定附属于教堂的正式场所，日常和官方语境中都很常用。

  The city opened a new cemetery on the edge of town to serve a growing population.

  市政府在城郊新建了一座公墓，以满足不断增长的人口需求。

• graveyard

  An older, more informal term for a burial ground, traditionally next to a church; often small and atmospheric, common in literary or ghost-story contexts.

  较为老式、非正式的说法，传统上指教堂旁边的墓地；通常规模较小，带有一种阴森或文学化的氛围，也常见于鬼故事等语境。

  The old graveyard beside the chapel was overgrown with ivy and moss.

  教堂旁那座古老的墓地长满了常春藤和苔藓。

Cemetery and graveyard both mean a place where the dead are buried, but their tone differs. Graveyard is older and informal, a small burial ground next to a church, sounding literary. Cemetery is the formal, general word for a burial ground, not near a church.

cemetery 和 graveyard 词义很接近，都指埋葬死者的地方，但语域和典型场景不同：graveyard 传统上指附属于教堂、规模较小的墓地，语气偏口语化，带一点阴森或文学色彩；cemetery 则是更正式、通用的说法，多指规模较大、不一定附属于教堂的公墓，日常和官方场合都常用。