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epitaph 音標拼音: ['ɛpət ,æf] n. 墓志銘,碑文 墓誌銘,碑文 epitaph n 1: an inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there 2: a summary statement of commemoration for a dead personEpitaph \ Ep" i* taph\, v. t. To commemorate by an epitaph. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. -- G. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster]
Epitaph \ Ep" i* taph\, v. i. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . " He lived as a wolf and died as a dog." -- Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster]
Epitaph \ Ep" i* taph\, n. [ F. [' e] pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. ?, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; ' epi` upon ? tomb. Cf. { Cenotaph}.] 1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription. [ 1913 Webster] Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: " Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis." [ 1913 Webster]
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