| 单词 | time capsule |
| 释义 | > as lemmastime capsule time capsule n. a container used to store for posterity a selection of objects thought to be representative of a particular moment in time; also figurative and in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > others ossuary1872 palimpsest1876 war memorial1912 field monument1923 time capsule1938 1938 N.Y. Times 19 Aug. 21 A record of the world of the present era..will be buried on the site of the World's Fair in the hope that it will give to historians 5,000 years hence a picture of the middle twentieth century... The record will be contained in a ‘time capsule’, a specially devised container of metallic alloy of high corrosion resistance. 1947 J. Campbell & H. M. Robinson Skeleton Key to ‘Finnegans Wake’ 8 The Wake..is a huge time-capsule, a complete and permanent record of our age. 1973 Art Internat. Mar. 56/1 This image of Venice, as a waterlogged time capsule, is very much the creation of outsiders. 2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones ix. 207 A time capsule containing spring water, a rolled parchment declaration, coins, and wine..was sealed by those in attendance. < as lemmas |
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