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inscription

/in-skrip-shuhn/US // ɪnˈskrɪp ʃən //UK // (ɪnˈskrɪpʃən) //

铭文,题词,题记,题字

Related Words

engraving雕刻,雕刻品,雕刻术,蚀刻caption标题,说明,字幕,说明书epitaph墓志铭,墓铭,墓记,墓碑signature签名,签字,签署,签字的lettering刻字,字画,字母,字迹saying说,说法,说话,说法是label标签,标签的,签签,签标imprint痕迹,铭刻,铭文,印象legend传奇,传说,传奇故事,传奇人物dedication奉献精神,奉献,献身精神,献礼heading标题autograph亲笔签名,亲笔签字wording措辞,措词,用词,用语

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something inscribed.
    • : a historical, religious, or other record cut, impressed, painted, or written on stone, brick, metal, or other hard surface.
    • : a brief, usually informal dedication, as of a book or a work of art.
    • : a note, as a dedication, that is written and signed by hand in a book.
    • : the act of inscribing.
    • : Pharmacology. the part of a prescription indicating the drugs and the amounts to be mixed.
    • : British. an issue of securities or stocks.a block of shares in a stock, as bought or sold by one person.
    • : Also called legend. Numismatics. the lettering in the field of a coin, medal, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Forms: inscriptions
Synonyms
caption标题,说明,字幕,说明书engraving雕刻,雕刻品,雕刻术,蚀刻epitaph墓志铭,墓铭,墓记,墓碑lettering刻字,字画,字母,字迹signature签名,签字,签署,签字的autograph亲笔签名,亲笔签字dedication奉献精神,奉献,献身精神,献礼heading标题imprint痕迹,铭刻,铭文,印象label标签,标签的,签签,签标legend传奇,传说,传奇故事,传奇人物saying说,说法,说话,说法是wording措辞,措词,用词,用语

Examples

  • The “evidence” took the form of inscriptions and Norse artifacts discovered in areas of Scandinavian settlement.

  • The most significant find came in January, when archaeologists came upon inscriptions showing that the temple they were unearthing belonged to a previously unknown ancient queen.

  • Hawass’s team had found inscriptions that referred to Neit as the daughter of a pharaoh.

  • The inscriptions on the keys are laser-etched, so they won’t fade, and the aluminum design ensures longevity.

  • The top of the box has a flora-and-bird motif with the inspirational inscription, “We are talking about a story of love.”

  • Then he read the golden inscription and saw that she was a princess.

  • And then, the screen cut to Rivers, posing and looking great, and one final inscription: "Joan Rivers, 1933-2014."

  • Karla will use that lighter—and that inscription—in the years to come.

  • The inscription will identify the period and site of the tomb.

  • The inscription from Nader reads, “Grover, for the imagination.”

  • Every monumental inscription should be in Latin; for that being a dead language, it will always live.

  • A stop-knob bearing the inscription, "Noli me tangere" (touch me not), was attached to the console.

  • Inscription copied, Nov. 21, 1833, from a tombstone to a fisherman in Bathford churchyard.

  • The door was white, with mouldings of gold, and the inscription above it was in golden characters.

  • The inscription of the Rupuath Rock has the words: "Two hundred and fifty years have elapsed since the departure of the teacher."

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