Epigram



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

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• n. 警句
• ［英］ n. 警句 ( terse, witty statement,
• ［记］ epi ( 在...旁边) +g ram ( 写) -> 旁敲侧击写的东西 -> 讽刺短诗
• ［同］ 同根词: program ( 计划) ;telegram ( 电报)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English epigrame, from Latin epigrammat-, epigramma, from Greek, from epigraphein to write on, inscribe, from epi- + graphein to write — more at carve
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
• 2. a terse, sage, or witty and often paradoxical saying
• 3. epigrammatic expression
• ? epigrammatism noun
• ? epigrammatist noun

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