a line of writing, short phrase, etc. on a building or statue, or as an introduction to part of a book (建筑物或雕塑的)刻文,铭文;(书籍卷首或章节前的)引言,题词 The epigraph to the chapter read: ‘One man’s freedom is another man’s slavery’. 这一章的题词是:“一个人的自由是另一个人的奴役”。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting the heading of a document or letter): from Greek epigraphē, from epigraphein ‘write on’.