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urn n.瓮；罐；骨灰盒 (1) 最后一个仆人想起了瓮里的鳗鱼。(2) 波利亚罐问题是概率论中的著名模型。(3) 他们将骨灰瓮埋在了公墓里。 Urn is probably from the Latin word urna for "a jar or vessel," but some say it’s from another Latin word urere which means, "to burn.” While some urns are used for making hot drinks, the most common use of an urn is holding the ashes of a dead person. Most urns are decorated. “Ode to a Grecian Urn” by the Romantic poet John Keats (1820), is a poem about the figures on a classical Greek urn.

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英 [ɜːn] 美 [ɜːrn] (1) Finally one of the servants remembered the eels in the urn.(2) The Polya urn problem is a famous model of wide application in probability.(3) They buried the urn in the cemetery. An urn is a large, hollow vase that's usually made of metal or clay. Some urns are used for making coffee or tea, others are made to put someone’s ashes in. Go figure. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]骨灰瓮；骨灰罐 An urn is a container in which a dead person's ashes are kept. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（金属制）大茶壶，咖啡壶 An urn is a metal container used for making a large quantity of tea or coffee and keeping it hot.   [usu supp N]

英语单词	urn
英美音标	英 [ɜːn] 美 [ɜːrn]
中文释义	n.瓮；罐；骨灰盒
英语例句	(1) Finally one of the servants remembered the eels in the urn. (2) The Polya urn problem is a famous model of wide application in probability. (3) They buried the urn in the cemetery.
中文例句	(1) 最后一个仆人想起了瓮里的鳗鱼。 (2) 波利亚罐问题是概率论中的著名模型。 (3) 他们将骨灰瓮埋在了公墓里。
vocabulary简明	An urn is a large, hollow vase that's usually made of metal or clay. Some urns are used for making coffee or tea, others are made to put someone’s ashes in. Go figure.
vocabulary扩展	Urn is probably from the Latin word urna for "a jar or vessel," but some say it’s from another Latin word urere which means, "to burn.” While some urns are used for making hot drinks, the most common use of an urn is holding the ashes of a dead person. Most urns are decorated. “Ode to a Grecian Urn” by the Romantic poet John Keats (1820), is a poem about the figures on a classical Greek urn.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]骨灰瓮；骨灰罐 An urn is a container in which a dead person's ashes are kept. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（金属制）大茶壶，咖啡壶 An urn is a metal container used for making a large quantity of tea or coffee and keeping it hot. [usu supp N]

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