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epitaph

美音:[´epə´tæf ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.墓志铭,碑文

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epitaph为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

形容词:epitaphic

词根

epi-=upon,to,besides,among 变化型 ep-

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epitaph


/'epɪtɑ:f; [US] -tæf; `ɛpə,tæf/
n words written or said about a dead person, esp words inscribed on a tombstone 悼文; 祭文; 悼词; (尤指)墓志铭.

epitaph


n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: épitaphe, from Greek epitaphion, from epi- ( EPICENTER) + taphos 'tomb, funeral']
a short piece of writing on the stone over someone's grave (=place in the ground where someone is buried)