write or carve (words or symbols) on something, especially as a formal or permanent record (尤指为正式或永久记录)书写(或雕刻)(文字,符号) his name was inscribed on the new silver trophy. 他的名字刻在那尊新银质奖杯上。 ■mark (a tablet, metal sheet, or other object) with characters 铭刻文字于(碑、金属板等) the memorial is inscribed with ten names. 纪念碑上铭刻着10个名字。 [as adj. inscribed]an inscribed watch. 刻有文字的手表。 ■write an informal dedication to someone in or on (a book) 题献(书籍) ■(archaic)enter the name of (someone) on a list or in a book; enrol (古)把…的姓名加入名单(或书本)中,将…注册 ■[usu. as adj. inscribed](Brit.)issue (loan stock) in the form of shares whose holders are listed in a register rather than issued with certificates (英)以登记股东的形式发行(贷款债券)
(Geometry)draw (a figure) within another so that their boundaries touch but do not intersect (几何)使(图形)内接。 比较circumscribe a regular polygon inscribed in a circle. 内接于圆的等边多角形。
派生 inscribable adjective inscriber noun 语源
late Middle English: from Latin inscribere, from in- 'into' + scribere 'write'