名 （刻上文字竖起作为纪念或标记的石头） a stone tablet，stele，stela ；

[例句] 在整个南方地区，他被人们著书称颂，刻碑纪念。 He was praised in print and memorialized in stone throughout the South.

[例句] 这座碑是为纪念他而建的. The monument was erected in his honour.

milepost，bosom，milestone，landmark，marker ；

[例句] “ 我们的工作, ” 他说到这一话题来了劲, “ 将会是科学史上的里程碑. ” " Our work ", he continued, warming to his theme, " will be a milestone in scientific history. ”

[例句] 这部著作是现代科学发展史上著名的里程碑之一. The book stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the progress of modern science.

an inscription on a tablet，tablet inscription，monumental writing，epigraph，epigraphy ；

[例句] 碑文写着：马格勒斯之子卡廷长眠于此。 The inscription reads: Here lies Catin, the son of Magarus.

[例句] 他在大理石上刻碑文. He chiselled an inscription on the marble.

monument，monumental work ；

[例句] 那整座房子是她技艺的一座丰碑。 The whole house is a monument to her craftsmanship.

[例句] 它有如人类智慧的丰碑,巍然屹立,岿然不动. It rose as a monument to human ingenuity immovably firm.

monument，cenotaph，stone，memorial tablet；

[例句] 众所周知，雷恩的墓志铭中写道，大教堂本身就是他的纪念碑。 As Wren's epitaph famously declares, the cathedral itself is his monument.

[例句] 那座纪念碑耸立在方圆数英里景致之中显得近乎难看。 The Memorial seems almost ugly, dominating the landscape for miles around.

grave monument，gravestone，tombstone ；

[例句] 他看见墓碑上有一些黑字写的东西。 He saw something written in black on the gravestones.

[例句] 文森特赫然耸现在我面前，面色灰白得像一块墓碑。 Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone.

obelisk，guglia，[电影]Obelisk；

[例句] 万神殿的正面有个方尖碑. Right in front of the Pantheon, there is an obelisk.

[例句] 这广场上有3座喷泉和1个方尖碑. At the plaza, an obelisk and 3 fountains.

lapidarian，epigraphic ；

[例句] 一块由石头或木头做成的,适合题字、刻碑文的平板. A cylindrical stone or clay object with an engraved design or inscription.

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