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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Memorial Day \Me*mo"ri*al Day\
A day, May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating
their graves with flowers, by patriotic exercises, etc., the
dead soldiers and sailors who served the Civil War (1861-65)
in the United States; Decoration Day. It is a legal holiday
in most of the States. In the Southern States, the
Confederate Memorial Day is: May 30 in Virginia; April 26 in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in North
Carolina and South Carolina; the second Friday in May in
Tennessee; June 3 in Louisiana. [U. S.]
Memorial \Me*mo"ri*al\, a. [F. m['e]morial, L. memorialis, fr.
memoria. See {Memory}.]
1. Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a
memorial building.
There high in air, memorial of my name, Fix the
smooth oar, and bid me live to fame. --Pope.
2. Contained in memory; as, a memorial possession.
3. Mnemonic; assisting the memory.
This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be
expressed by the memorial word ASH. --Skeat.
{Memorial Day}. Same as {Decoration Day}. [U.S.]
资料来源 : WordNet®
Memorial Day
n : U.S., last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the
United States armed forces who were killed in war [syn: {Decoration
Day}]