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.
双语例句
1. Europe has been the graveyard for American golfers recently.
欧洲最近成了美国高尔夫运动员的滑铁卢。
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2. Detectives are still searching for those who violated the graveyard.
侦探们仍在搜捕那些亵渎了墓园的家伙。
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3. They made their way to a graveyard to pay their traditional respects to the dead.
他们按惯例前往墓地悼念死者。
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4. This had once been the greatest port in the world, now it was a graveyard of rusting cranes.
这里一度是全球最大的港口，现在堆满了锈迹斑斑的吊车。
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5. It was standing in the graveyard, in the grass, its bottom missing.
