Epitaph

['epɪtɑːf;-tæf] or ['ɛpɪtæf]

解釋/意思:

(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.

錄入:弗农--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

贝丽尔整理

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Inscription (on a tomb or monument).

艾利森手打

解釋/意思:

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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