words that are written or said about a dead person, especially words on a gravestone 悼文；祭文；（尤指）墓志铭，碑文 His epitaph read: ‘A just and noble countryman’. 他的墓志铭上写着:“一个公正高尚的乡下人”。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesc2Joyce's epitaph on King Edward VIII 乔伊斯为国王爱德华八世写的悼文 She wrote the perfect epitaph for the poet. 她为诗人写了完美的悼词。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fitting
- write
- make
- stand as
- …
- as an epitaph
- epitaph for
- epitaph on
- …
- be somebody’s epitaph
- epitaph (to somebody/something)
something that is left to remind people of a particular person, a period of time or an event 遗物；遗存；遗迹 Extra ExamplesThese films stand as an epitaph to the great director. 这些影片是这位伟大导演的遗作。 It makes a fitting epitaph to a great career. 这成了一个伟大事业的最佳纪念。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fitting
- write
- make
- stand as
- …
- as an epitaph
- epitaph for
- epitaph on
- …
- be somebody’s epitaph
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French epitaphe, via Latin from Greek epitaphion ‘funeral oration’, neuter of ephitaphios ‘over or at a tomb’, from epi ‘upon’ + taphos ‘tomb’.