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.
偵探們仍在搜捕那些褻瀆了墓園的家伙。
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.