单词 | immortalize |
释义 | immortalize From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishimmortalizeim‧mor‧tal‧ize (also immortalise British English) /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪz $ -ɔːr-/ verb [transitive]FAMOUSto make someone or something famous for a long time, especially by writing about them, painting a picture of them etc Dickens’ father was immortalized as Mr Micawber in ‘David Copperfield’.Grammar Immortalize is usually passive.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusimmortalize• He was determined to be remembered, immortalized.• But the rank-and-file glories immortalized by Malraux have faded into the history books.• The Choptank is the river immortalized in James Michener's novel "Chesapeake."• Morgan and Virgil Earp were wounded in the exchange, which has been immortalized in Western lore.• He would immortalize Jack and vindicate himself from his culpable grief by becoming what Jack would have been.• Luckily, her husband found George Brownlee to immortalize the middle-aged bear in wood. |
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