1683, from grave (n.) + yard (n.1). Graveyard shift "late-night work" is c. 1907, from earlier nautical term, in reference to the loneliness of after-hours work.
雙語例句
1. Europe has been the graveyard for American golfers recently.
歐洲最近成了美國高爾夫運動員的滑鐵盧。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard.
偵探們?nèi)栽谒巡赌切┮C瀆了墓園的家伙。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They made their way to a graveyard to pay their traditional respects to the dead.
他們按慣例前往墓地悼念死者。
來自柯林斯例句
4. This had once been the greatest port in the world, now it was a graveyard of rusting cranes.
這里一度是全球最大的港口，現(xiàn)在堆滿了銹跡斑斑的吊車。
來自柯林斯例句
5. It was standing in the graveyard, in the grass, its bottom missing.