| 单词 | immortalize |
| 释义 | immortalize (once / 4447 pages) v When you immortalize something, you praise it in a way that's meant to last forever. You could immortalize your favorite pop star, for example, by carving a huge statue of him out of marble. The existence of Disneyland and Disney World has managed to immortalize the image of Mickey Mouse, especially the silhouette of his ears. Through the years, many artists have chosen to immortalize US presidents through public art like the Lincoln Memorial and Mount Rushmore. The verb immortalize comes from the adjective immortal, or "living forever," with its Latin root, immortalis, "deathless or undying." WORD FAMILYimmortalize: immortalized, immortalizes, immortalizing+/immortal: immortalise, immortality, immortalize, immortally, immortals/immortalise: immortalised, immortalises, immortalising/immortality: immortalities/mortal: immortal, mortality, mortally, mortals, postmortal/mortality: mortalities USAGE EXAMPLESNearby are the pristine Swedish beaches immortalized in Ingmar Bergman's film, "The Seventh Seal." Reuters(Dec 30, 2016) She graduated in 1948, the sole astronomer in the class, which was immortalized by Mary McCarthy in the novel “The Group.” New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) The last lines immortalizes the big win over the Huskies: Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1v make famous forever This melody immortalized its composer Syn|Hyper eternalise, eternalize, eternise, eternize, immortalise alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v be or provide a memorial to a person or an event Syn|Hypo|Hyper commemorate, immortalise, memorialise, memorialize, record monumentalise, monumentalize record or memorialize lastingly with a monument remind put in the mind of someone |
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