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词汇 cenotaph
释义 cenotaph
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈsen.ə.tɑːf//ˈsen.ə.tæf/ us /ˈsen.ə.tɑːf//ˈsen.ə.tæf/
a public monument (= special statue or building) built in memory of particular people who died in war, often with their names written on it(常指刻着阵亡者名字的)纪念碑
 
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Examples of cenotaph


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The wood of the cenotaph is splitting and filling and sealing is called for.
We have lent our recreation ground for cenotaph services, and so on, at which they have been represented.
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These memorials to be erected in the schools should be regarded as a kind of cenotaph of those who have died.
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But elsewhere, everywhere their fame lives on in the hearts of men, as in a cenotaph not made with hands.
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What is the object of erecting a cenotaph?
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Many of us have been gathering around cenotaphs and war memorials.
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One could build another cenotaph nearby showing a list of companies now deceased.
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We need more than cenotaphs.
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How far that would apply in the case of crosses, cenotaphs and tablets which have no use apart from their memorial value is by no means certain.
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Names of the fallen are engraved on the plaques of the cenotaph as a token of tribute to their sacrifices.
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Roman military honours were not awarded posthumously, but those won during a soldier's lifetime were often proudly shown on his sarcophagus or cenotaph.
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The octagonal marble screen or "jali" which borders the cenotaphs is made from eight marble panels which have been carved through with intricate pierce work.
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The cenotaph consisted of two long light grey granite slabs, with the shorter ends formed by sandwiching a smaller slab between the longer two.
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You can have some nice views from the terrace in front of the cenotaph.
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A cenotaph was placed in the front of the cemetery, which now is the back of the cemetery at the treeline.
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