inscription
noun /ɪnˈskrɪpʃn/
/ɪnˈskrɪpʃn/
- words written in the front of a book or cut in stone or metal
（书首页的）题词；（石头或金属上）刻写的文字，铭刻，碑文 - There was an inscription carved over the doorway.
门口刻有一个碑文。 - There are no inscriptions or markings to identify the tombs.
没有铭文或标记来识别坟墓。
Topics Literature and writingc2, Buildingsc2- The inscription bears the date 1655.
碑文上的日期是1655 年。 - The monument carries the inscription: ‘To the fallen in two world wars’.
墓碑上题有“献给两次世界大战中的阵亡者”的铭文。 - The simple inscription on her grave reads: ‘She sleeps in peace.’
她的墓碑上简单地刻着几个字：“她安眠于此”。 - an inscription carved in the stone
刻在石头上的铭文
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- famous
- dedicatory
- funerary
- …
- bear
- carry
- have
- …
- bear something
- read something
- record something
- …
词源late Middle English (denoting a short descriptive or dedicatory passage at the beginning of a book): from Latin inscriptio(n-), from the verb inscribere, from in- ‘into’ + scribere ‘write’. - There was an inscription carved over the doorway.