Epitaph



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 墓志铭
• ［英］ n. 墓志铭 ( an inscription on a tomb or gravestone)
• ［类］ epitaph : tombstone / motto : shield ( 碑文刻在墓碑上 / 题铭刻在盾上)
• ［记］ epi ( 在...上) +taph ( =tomb墓) -> 在墓碑上刻的字 -> 墓志铭

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English epitaphe, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin epitaphium, from Latin, funeral oration, from Greek epitaphion, from epi- + taphos tomb, funeral
• Date: 14th century
• 1. an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
• 2. a brief statement commemorating or epitomizing a deceased person or something past
• ? epitaphial adjective
• ? epitaphic adjective

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