• n. 碑文，墓志銘

epi-, 在上，在中。-taph, 墓碑，詞源同cenotaph.

epitaph

epitaph: [14] Greek táphos meant ‘tomb’, and so an oration that was epitáphios (an adjective formed with the prefix epí- ‘over’) was given ‘over the tomb’. Eventually the adjective was made into a noun, epitáphion, and this reached English via Latin epitaphium and Old French epitaphe.

epitaph (n.)

"inscription on a tomb or monument," mid-14c., from Old French epitaphe (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin epitaphium "funeral oration, eulogy," from Greek epitaphion "a funeral oration," noun use of neuter of epitaphios (logos) "(words) spoken on the occasion of a funeral," from epi "at, over" (see epi-) + taphos "tomb, funeral rites," from PIE root *dhembh- "to bury." Related: Epitaphial. Among the Old English equivalents was byrgelsleoe.

1. As Wren's epitaph famously declares, the cathedral itself is his monument.

眾所周知，雷恩的墓志銘中寫道，大教堂本身就是他的紀念碑。

來自柯林斯例句

2. These slums are an epitaph to the housing policy of the 1960s.

這些貧民窟是20世紀60年代住房政策的遺跡。

來自《權威詞典》

3. He wanted these lines as his epitaph.

他想把這些文字作為他的墓志銘.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. She wrote the perfect epitaph for the poet.

她為詩人寫了完美的悼辭.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. His epitaph should be: He did us good.

他的墓志銘應當是: 他為我們做了好事.

來自辭典例句