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A necropolis is a place where many dead people are buried — but it is not the ordinary word for that. Day to day we say cemetery or graveyard.
A necropolisnecropolis is a place where many dead people are buried是很多死人被埋葬的地方—— but it is not the ordinary word for that但這不是講這種地方的日常用詞。Day to day日常 we say cemetery or graveyard我們會說cemetery或graveyard（墓地）。
A necropolis is especially a very large, old burial ground, the kind walk through in Egypt or beside an ancient city, with streets of tombs, almost like a city built for the dead. That is what the Greek pieces mean: “dead” + “city”.
A necropolis is especially一個necropolis特別指的是 a very large, old burial ground一個非常大、古老的墓地， the kind archaeologists walk through in Egypt or beside an ancient city就是考古學家在埃及或古城旁邊走過的那種， with streets of tombs有一整條一整條的墳墓， almost like a city built for the dead幾乎像是為死人蓋的一座城市。That is what the Greek pieces mean這就是希臘文組成部分的意思： "dead" + "city"「死人」加上「城市」。
Scholars, museum signs, and history books use this word; almost nobody says it about a small modern graveyard next to a church. Though actually, a few big modern burial grounds have taken the name because they wanted to sound grand.
Scholars, museum signs, and history books學者、博物館告示和歷史書 use this word會用這個詞； almost nobody says it about a small modern graveyard next to a church幾乎沒有人會用它來講教堂旁邊一個現代的小墓地。Though actually不過其實， a few big modern burial grounds少數幾個大型的現代墓地 have taken the name用了這個名字 because they wanted to sound grand因為想聽起來比較氣派。
You may see two plurals: necropolises, or the older Greek-style necropoleis.
You may see two plurals你可能會看到兩種複數形： necropolisesnecropolises， or the older Greek-style necropoleis或是比較舊、希臘式的necropoleis。
組成necro- (dead) + -polis (city). From Koine Greek nekrópolis, “city of the dead”, used of part of Alexandria in Egypt; from nekros “dead” + polis “city”.
同家族的字
- necrosisshares necro-, “dead” — the death of living tissue
- necromancyshares necro-, “dead” — magic that calls on the dead
- metropolisshares -polis, “city”
- acropolisshares -polis, “city” — the high city of ancient Greece
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
necropolisnoun/nɛˈkɹɒpəlɪs/
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historicalA cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.
- In Turkey, the tombs, according to the custom of the ancients, are always without the towns; and as each tomb has uſually a large ſtone, and ſome maſonry, they conſtitute what may almoſt be called a ſecond town, which may be named, as formerly at Alexandria, Necropolis, or the city of the dead.
- It was a lovely morning, as I said, and the Turks, who are early risers, were sitting on the graves of their kindred with their veiled wives and children, the marble turbans in that thickly-sown nekropolis less numerous than those of the living, who had come, not to mourn the dead who lay beneath, but to pass a day of idleness and pleasure on the spot endeared by their memories.
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archaeologyhistoryhuman-sciencesAn ancient site used for burying the dead, particularly if consisting of elaborate grave monuments.
- These labours upon Phœnician necropoli are of great importance. [...] M. [Louis Félicien] de Saulcy, one of the first travellers who has thrown light upon these necropoli, devoted himself to a very interesting examination of the tombs of the kings, of the prophets and judges, and upon the immense necropolis that surrounds Jerusalem, like a funeral enceinte.
- The ancient Greeks generally buried their dead in their nekropoleis or their gardens; often on the road leading to their towns, or before the gates. This pious feeling of affection and reverence for the dead, is a touching feature in the character of the modern Greeks.
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A city or settlement where most people are dead and/or dying.
- You think London isn't a necropolis? Let me tell you it is. And people love it. Our cemeteries are popular tourist attractions.
- Jerusalem was a necropolis where old or sick pilgrims were content to die and be buried until the Resurrection.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。