mon·u·ment /ˈmɑnjəmənt/
紀念碑;遺址,遺蹟;有永久價值的作品,不朽的功業
Mon·u·ment n.
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.
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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]