inscription

inscription

[in'skripʃən]

n. 题字, 碑铭, 铭文
(复数）inscriptions:记名证券

例句与用法：

The inscription was still legible.

铭文仍清晰可辨。

The ring bears an inscription.

这个戒指上刻有字。

The inscription on the coin had worn away.

铸造在硬币上的文字已经磨损。

We couldn't make out the inscription.

我们辨认不清这些字迹。

Time and weather had long ago effaced the inscription on the monument.

岁月和风雨早已磨掉纪念碑上的铭文。

The inscription on the stone had worn away.

刻在石头上的文字已磨损了。

I can't read the inscription on this stone because it's getting dark.

天黑了，我看不见这块石头上的碑文。

词形变化：

形容词: inscrip-tional | 副词: inscriptively |

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n.[C]

1. 铭刻; 铭文; 碑文; (铸币等上的)刻印文字

The inscription above the door was in English.

门上方的文字是用英文刻印的。

2. (书或画的)题词, 献词

Inside the front cover was an inscription: "To Virginia from Helena."

书的内封面上的题词是:"海伦娜赠维吉妮亚"。