cenotaph
pronunciation
UK [ˈsenətɑ:f]
US [ˈsenətæf]
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- n.
- 纪念碑,衣冠冢,纪念塔
Word Origin
cenotaph 纪念碑,衣冠冢
ceno, 空的,来自PIE*skei, 砍,劈,词源同excise, scissor .-taph,坟墓,见epitaph,墓志铭。
Example
- 1. Wreaths are laid at the cenotaph on remembrance sunday .
- 在荣军纪念星期日时,花圈被安放在纪念碑前。
- 2. London , uk : wreaths at the cenotaph in whitehall after the annual remembrance sunday ceremony
- 英国伦敦:阵亡将士纪念日前的星期日仪式(remembrancesunday)上英国白厅纪念碑旁的花环.
- 3. Kipling was a member , along with the architect edwin lutyens , who built the cenotaph just along the way from here .
- 吉卜林是成员之一,其他成员还有建筑师埃德温鲁琴斯(edwinlutyens),他修建的纪念碑,从这里沿着路走就能看到。
- 4. The bomb exploded as crowds gathered at the town cenotaph on remembrance day .
- 国殇日炸弹在大家聚集的镇上的死难纪念碑附近爆炸。
- 5. The queen pain homage to the victims of two world wars by laying a wreath on the cenotaph .
- 女王向纪念碑了献花圈,以此向两次世界大战这中的牺牲者们表示敬意。
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