[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
见 stone
派生 engraver noun 语源
late 15th cent. (formerly also as ingrave): from en-, in- 'in, on' + grave, influenced by obsolete French engraver