epitaph
美音:
[´epə´tæf
]英音:
[´epə´tæf
]n.墓志铭,碑文
难易程度:
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-
近义词, 同义词
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)