Epitaph
['epɪtɑːf;-tæf] or ['ɛpɪtæf]
解释:
(noun.) an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there.
(noun.) a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person.
录入:弗农--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.
(n.) A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."
(v. t.) To commemorate by an epitaph.
(v. i.) To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph.
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同义词及近义词:
n. Inscription (on a tomb or monument).
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解释:
n. a commemorative inscription on a tombstone or monument.—v.t. to write an epitaph upon.—adjs. Epitaph′ian Epitaph′ic.—n. Ep′itaphist a writer of epitaphs.
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娱乐性解释:
n. An inscription on a tomb showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. Following is a touching example:
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娱乐性解释:
A statement that usually lies above about the one who lies beneath.
整理:露丝
例句:
- In the yard, was Young John making a new epitaph for himself, on the occasion of his dying of a broken heart. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- At his head it stood, silent, erect, and still--a living grave-stone, with its epitaph in blood. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- When I close my eyes I seem to see poor papa's epitaph in black letters on the white marble. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- These are the kinds of epitaphs which men pass over one another in Vanity Fair. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- What lying epitaphs they make over the corpse of love! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
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