monument

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɒnjʊmənt/    美 /ˈmɑnjʊmənt/|/ˈmɑnjəmənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
    — There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
  2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
  3. a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection. UK
  4. A sign of exceptional achievement.
    — The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, — the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder.
  5. An important burial vault or tomb.
  6. Any grave marker.
  7. A legal document.
  8. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
  9. A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
  10. A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
  11. A surviving record.
    — This linguistic fragment, rough as it may appear, is of the highest interest; for it is the first written monument of the French language, eleven hundred years old.
  12. Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”). alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. To mark or memorialize with a monument. transitive
  2. To place a surveyor's monument at. transitive
    — Enter the year the marker was monumented. If the year cannot be determined , enter " UNK " .

词形变化

monuments plural monuments present,singular,third-person monumenting participle,present monumented participle,past monumented past

词汇关系

下位词
cenotaph headstone obelisk vault
衍生词
ancient monument megamonument Monument Beach Monument Hills monumentless monumentlike monumentous monument plant monument sign Monument Valley national monument natural monument remonumentation survey monument
相关词
monumental monumentally

词源

词源 1
From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”).
词源 2
From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”).
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