英语词汇“epitaph”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

epitaph

/ˈɛpɪtɑːf

/ /ˈɛpɪtaf/

noun

1A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone: figurative a poignant epitaph to his creative career...

This might be recorded on their tombstone as an epitaph or in an obituary, commemoration portrait, or in some cases a biography.
All the tombstones were well carved, and some had wonderful epitaphs written on them; one, belonging to a 22 year old woman said ‘Those who seek me with all their heart shall find me where they least expect’.
A few words like that are sweeter than an epitaph on the grandest tombstone ever raised.

Synonyms

elegy, commemoration, obituary, funeral oration;

inscription, engraving, etching, legend

1.1Something by which a person, time, or event will be remembered: the story makes a sorry epitaph to a great career

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French epitaphe, via Latin from Greek epitaphion 'funeral oration', neuter of ephitaphios 'over or at a tomb', from epi 'upon' + taphos 'tomb'.

Old French epitaphe came via Latin from Greek epitaphion ‘funeral oration’, from ephitaphios ‘over or at a tomb’, from epi ‘upon’ and taphos ‘tomb’.

单词	epitaph
释义	epitaph /ˈɛpɪtɑːf / /ˈɛpɪtaf/ noun 1A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone: figurative a poignant epitaph to his creative career... This might be recorded on their tombstone as an epitaph or in an obituary, commemoration portrait, or in some cases a biography. All the tombstones were well carved, and some had wonderful epitaphs written on them; one, belonging to a 22 year old woman said ‘Those who seek me with all their heart shall find me where they least expect’. A few words like that are sweeter than an epitaph on the grandest tombstone ever raised. Synonyms elegy, commemoration, obituary, funeral oration; inscription, engraving, etching, legend 1.1Something by which a person, time, or event will be remembered: the story makes a sorry epitaph to a great career Origin Late Middle English: from Old French epitaphe, via Latin from Greek epitaphion 'funeral oration', neuter of ephitaphios 'over or at a tomb', from epi 'upon' + taphos 'tomb'. Old French epitaphe came via Latin from Greek epitaphion ‘funeral oration’, from ephitaphios ‘over or at a tomb’, from epi ‘upon’ and taphos ‘tomb’.
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