cenotaph
cenotaph 英 [ˈsenətɑ:f] 美 [ˈsenətæf]
n. 纪念碑；衣冠冢
名词复数:cenotaphs
- A cenotaph is a monument to the dead, specifically those buried in another place. Cenotaphs are often erected in honor of war veterans.
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- n. 纪念碑；衣冠冢
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1. He could not get the hang of television, and horrified the country by appearing at the cenotaph one Remembrance Day in a short, scruffy coat.
他不懂如何在电视机上秀形象，而令举国震惊的是，他于荣军纪念日在和平纪念碑出席纪念活动时，身着短裤、衣冠不整。
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2. So any epitaph is therefore a self-declared cenotaph an inscription on a place where the body isn't which of course tells us a lot too about the arbitrary nature of language.
所以，墓志铭其实就是一个自称的衣冠冢,一个铭文在遗体却不在的地方,当然通过此也充分说明了,语言的随意性特点。
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3. The Olympic torch kicks off its 3-day relay in Heilongjiang today, starting from the Flood Prevention cenotaph in Harbin, the first stop in the province.
奥运圣火今日开始在黑龙江境内进行为期3天的传递，首站是省会哈尔滨，起点是防洪纪念塔广场。
- cenotaph (n.) "empty tomb erected in honor of a dead person who is buried elsewhere or whose body is lost," c. 1600, from French cénotaphe (16c.), from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion, from kenos "empty" (see keno-) + taphos "tomb, burial, funeral," related to taphe "interment," which is of uncertain origin. Related: Cenotaphic.
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