释义 |
‖ hic jacet|hɪk ˈdʒeɪsɛt| [Lat. = ‘here lies’.] The first two words of a Latin epitaph; hence, an epitaph or monumental inscription.
1601Shakes. All's Well iii. vi. 66, I would haue that drumme or another, or hic iacet. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 416 Many..that, as to their dust, and Monuments, want a hic jacet. 1859Tennyson Vivien 751 Among the knightly brasses of the graves, And by the cold Hic Jacets of the dead. 1885A. Dobson At Sign of Lyre 55 (Stanf.) He let his human-nature rust—Write his Hic Jacet in the dust. |