中英互译
epitaph
英 /ˈepɪtɑːf/美 /ˈepɪtæf/
基本释义
- n.碑文,墓志铭
复数epitaphs
SAT
双语例句
- They may yet be his epitaph.它们可能仍是他的墓志铭。
- Then he wrote his epitaph: I was born Jewish.之后他为自己撰写了墓碑:我生来是犹太人。
- Malone noticed the epitaph on one of the stones, barely legible.马龙注意到了其中一个墓碑上的碑文,很难看清。
网络短语
- Epitaph Records墓志铭唱片;出版者
- Epitaph of Life生命墓碑
- Love's Epitaph爱的墓志铭
- write an epitaph刻碑前用朱笔在碑上书写文字;泛指书写碑志等
- epitaph h墓志铭;碑文
同义词
n.
碑文,墓志铭
词义分布
墓志铭
89.1%
碑文
10.9%
英英释义
- n.an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
- n.a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person
词源
- epitaph碑文,墓志铭epi-, 在上,在中。-taph, 墓碑,词源同cenotaph.
- epitaphOld French epitafe, from Latin epitaphium (“eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios, “relating to a funeral”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”).