engrave

engrave
verb
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be engraved)cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object
    雕刻(文字,图案)
    my name was engraved on the ring.
    我的名字被刻在戒指上。
    ■cut or carve a text or design on (such an object)
    在(物体表面)雕刻文字(或图案)
    ■cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing
    镌(版)
    ■(be engraved on 或 in)be permanently fixed in (one's memory or mind)
    铭刻于(记忆,脑海)中
    the image would be forever engraved in his memory.
    那个形象将永远铭刻在他的记忆中。
常用词组
be engraved in stone
  1. 见 stone
派生
engraver
noun
语源
  1. late 15th cent. (formerly also as ingrave): from en-, in- 'in, on' + grave, influenced by obsolete French engraver
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