epitaph

汉语翻译

n. 墓志铭, 碑文

词型变化：

形容词:epitaphic 

英语解释：

名词 epitaph:

1. an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there
2. a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person

例句：

1. The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth.
   墓志铭的难能可贵之处是真实。
2. Believe a woman or an epitaph, or any other thing that's false, before you trust in critics.
   与其相信批评家，不如相信女人、墓志铭、甚至任何一种骗人的东西好了。
3. He tried to read the epitaph on the monument.
   他试图读出墓碑上的铭文。

详细解释：

ep.i.taph

n.（名词）
An inscription on a tombstone in memory of the one buried there.
墓志铭：刻于墓碑上用以怀念死者的碑铭
A brief literary piece commemorating a deceased person.
悼文：纪念死者的短篇文学作品

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French epitaphe
源自 古法语 epitaphe
from Latin epitaphium
源自 拉丁语 epitaphium
from Greek epitaphion [from neuter of] epitaphios [funerary]
源自 希腊语 epitaphion [] 源自epitaphios的中性词 [葬礼]
epi- [epi-]
epi- [前缀，表.在…之前.]
taphos [tomb]
taphos [坟墓]

【引伸】
ep.itaph.ic
adj.（形容词）