| 单词 | necrology |
| 释义 | necrology (once / 151530 pages) n A necrology is a list of people who have died, or an obituary of a single person. If someone is writing a history of one battle of the Civil War, they might attempt a necrology of every soldier who died. If the newspaper publishes a list of passengers who died in a plane crash, you can call it a necrology. And the obituary, or death notice, of your great grandfather who died at the age of 110, can also be called a necrology — although obituary is much more common. Necrology was used more often in the eighteenth century, and it comes from necro-, "death," from the Greek nekros, "corpse." WORD FAMILYnecrology: necrologies USAGE EXAMPLESThis week The New York Times Magazine publishes The Lives They Lived, its annual necrology — or “death yearbook,” as Jenna puts it. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) The memorial, the Necrology Wall, lists the names of 488 people who were killed in the uprising. New York Times(Apr 23, 2016) In the necrology for the year 1616, the names of Shakespeare and Cervantes stand out. New York Times(Jun 30, 2015) 1n a list of people who died recently Hyper list, listing a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) 2n a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography Syn|Hyper obit, obituary notice an announcement containing information about an event |
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