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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingc2, Buildingsc2The 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- famous
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Word Originlate 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’.