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memento

/muh-men-toh/US // məˈmɛn toʊ //UK // (mɪˈmɛntəʊ) //

纪念品,纪念物,纪念册,备忘录

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural me·men·tos, me·men·toes.

    • : an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
    • : anything serving as a reminder or warning.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. either of two prayers in the canon of the Mass, one for persons living and the other for persons dead.

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Examples

  • Now running her own lab at Calico, Sidrauski has a memento—a gift from the art studio of her mentor Walter, who’s an amateur sculptor.

  • A travel journal allows you to jot down the subtle details that resonate with you and store random mementos without weighing down your bag.

  • As he sorted through the household goods, stuffed animals and personal mementos, he remembers feeling sad — especially when he found documents belonging to the original owner.

  • Over the past 20 years, I have collected souvenirs around the world, from Sydney to Buenos Aires — tins, glasses, foreign-language books, mementos from restaurants and bars, mustard pots, corks, beermats, even checks from memorable meals.

  • The instinct to hold on to mementos of even the most awful and trying events is human.

  • He looks a bit like  B̶r̶a̶d̶ ̶P̶i̶t̶t̶ Guy Pearce in Memento at this stage.

  • I watched as each reached up to the press box, memento in hand.

  • She was now wearing an equally prized memento on the chest of her dress uniform.

  • Sandra McElwaine previews the loot, from a Cuban Missile Crisis memento to notes from the first lady.

  • They offered tea, a smoke, and an Egyptian flag as a memento.

  • Not only as 454 a memento of you, but as a perpetual encouragement to do better with his Lordship.

  • I could barely reach one little twig of pale, discolored leaves, to bring home as a memento.

  • It would be novel, economical, and moral; a kind of memento mori—a death's head at the feast!

  • Of this a very few instances, more by way of memento than of instruction, may suffice.

  • If he had been the General, he would have had the trees hewn down after the trial, and done away with every memento of the place.