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纪念碑;遗址,遗迹;有永久价值的作品,不朽的功业
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Monument \Mon"u*ment\, n. [F., fr. L. monumentum, fr. monere to
remind, admonish. See {Monition}, and cf. {Moniment}.]
1. Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance
what is past; a memorial.
Of ancient British art A pleasing monument.
--Philips.
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. --Shak.
2. A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to
preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.;
as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument.
Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions.
On your family's old monument Hang mournful
epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a
burial. --Shak.
3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a
limit or to mark a boundary.
4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.
Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous
days. --Foxe.
Syn: Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.
资料来源 : WordNet®
monument
n 1: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events [syn: {memorial}]
2: an important site that is marked and preserved as public
property
3: a burial vault (usually for some famous person) [syn: {repository}]