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词汇 engrave
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Definition of engrave in English:

engrave

verb ɛnˈɡreɪvɪnˈɡreɪv
[with object]
  • 1Cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object.

    雕刻(文字,图案)

    my name was engraved on the ring

    我的名字被刻在了戒指上。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Floral designs formerly inlaid were now engraved and new designs including human figures and architectural scenes were introduced.
    • The first character of the signature is badly engraved and hesitantly formed.
    • Four letters were engraved inside the crystal: Kari.
    • Then I began to study the emblem; an amazingly intricate design was delicately engraved on its surface.
    • The name of my great uncle is engraved on the war memorial in Radcliffe, opposite what was the town hall.
    • Sun designs were engraved all around it with a length of gold fabric going down the front and back from the belt.
    • We have seen two other examples of the waffle knife, both having different but equally elaborate engraved decorative designs.
    • Strange shapes were engraved on the walls, images of birds and feathers and eyes.
    • Two rings of concave markings were engraved on its base and shoulder.
    • She stared into her reflection, and then focused onto the giant ‘T’ and ‘A’ that were engraved into the glass.
    • The names of each one of the 30 countries have been engraved on the plain grey surface of the memorial.
    • Sian's name has now been engraved on a plaque, which is kept in the chapel at the HMS Drake naval establishment, in Plymouth.
    • Mr Smith was buried at Eastbrookend Cemetery, Dagenham, and his name was engraved on the headstone of his family plot at Dagenham Parish Churchyard.
    • The nine compound bowls have engraved designs.
    • Charles Darwin once visited, and his words about the view have been engraved on a rock.
    • Since pipes played an important role in the lives of the Indians, many are elaborately carved or decorated wood, with bowls of finely engraved soapstone.
    • A looping ‘V. E. D.’ was engraved onto the smooth surface of the compact, revealing the compact's owner.
    • Their names have been engraved on a dry stone dyke at the museum.
    • Mr Moore, 59, employed to promote tourism and trade in London, said the 8in brass bell was clearly identifiable as his name was engraved on one side.
    • Waiting for Sean in the clubhouse was a beautiful five wood golf club with a hickory shaft with his name engraved on its smooth surface.
    Synonyms
    carve, inscribe, cut (in), incise, chisel, chase, score, etch, imprint, impress, print, mark
    1. 1.1 Cut or carve a text or design on (a hard object)
      雕刻(文字,图案)
      the crystal glasses were engraved with the Queen's cipher
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After cooling and polishing, the glass is ready to be engraved or cut using traditional tools and techniques.
      • A clear glass screen engraved by the artist enables a visual connection to be made between the two buildings.
      • The gravestone will be engraved with the name Gwen.
      • If she has indeed been chosen, the plate will already be engraved with the same information as each of yours.
      • I had this engraved glass partition installed, to separate my office from the rest of the passenger seats.
      • At the end of the hallway I was pushed through a large metal door engraved with pictures.
      • Towards the end of the 16th century in Germany, wine glasses are sophistically engraved as decoration.
      • Symbolizing the Twin Towers, the walls will be engraved with the names of each victim in 4-inch letters.
      • The panels of bone inlay are engraved with animal designs, which retain traces of red, green, and yellow paint.
      • Our glass was engraved and painted.
      • I earned a distinction of sorts - in the form of a glass plaque engraved with our coat of arms and the title of the prize - but receiving it didn't feel good.
      • Large granite disks on the ground either side of the Line are engraved with poems from each of the countries.
      • For a more elegant look, these engraved glasses will do the trick.
      • On each table was an engraved lead crystal glass.
      • Beginning in the sixteenth century, the Venetians engraved some of their glasses using a tool with a diamond tip.
      • This particular knife was her pride and joy, a replica Knight's parrying dagger whose blade was finely engraved and sharp as a razor.
      • The manufacturing process takes less than 15 minutes; and if a buyer wishes, a glass can be customised or engraved.
      • In the 19th century, numerous banks were set up throughout the country and were often engraved with a design identifying the locality.
      • The stone memorial centrepiece is engraved with lines from William Shakespeare's 30th sonnet.
      • I engrave glass professionally, we both adore music and we shall undoubtedly travel.
    2. 1.2 Cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing.
      镌(版)
      his drawings of public buildings were engraved by Edward Rooker
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was soon engraving large plates of landscape views and scientific specimens for federal government reports of exploring expeditions.
      • He designed and engraved the plates for the first paper money in Massachusetts and established the first mill for rolling copper sheets.
      • His simply read narrative style is exemplified in his 1744 series of twelve subjects from Samuel Richardson's Pamela which were engraved in 1745 and published to much acclaim.
      • In engraving, fine lines are incised directly into the plate and the burrs removed to produce clean, sharp lines on the print.
      • The bank engraves banknote images into metal plates by hand and uses special inks and watermarks to prevent forgery.
      • In order to move beyond shoemaker Lane's effort and produce globes his neighbors would be proud to own, Wilson had to learn to engrave his maps on copper plates.
    3. 1.3be engraved on" or "in Be permanently fixed in (one's memory or mind)
      铭刻在(记忆,脑海)中
      the image would be forever engraved in his memory

      那个形象将永远铭刻在他的记忆中。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • This trip is one that will be engraved in my mind forever.
      • While Flight was the first horse whose story was engraved in my mind and heart, he will not be the last.
      • But there is one picture from last week that will forever be engraved on the American memory.
      • It will be engraved in the memory of its children in future as the bloodiest war in history.
      • Everything I had experienced, everything I had learned that eventful summer would forever be engraved in my mind.
      • She didn't remember much but the last night was engraved in her mind.
      • One that would be engraved in her young, impressionable memory forever.
      • Unlike personal memories or shared recollections from family gatherings, the memory of the events of last September was engraved in our consciousness through the media.
      • It was a moment that will forever be engraved in my mind and in the minds of all South Africans.
      • And before he could even talk, these melodies had been engraved in his memory.
      • Even now, 2 years later, the number is engraved in my mind.
      • I'm not exactly sure why this incident is engraved in my memory out of all the times I told people to go home when there was a curfew, but there was something so noble about him.
      • It will always be engraved in my memory, always forever as the single line that gave my heart away to Lindsay.
      • The murder is engraved on our memories… and goes against everything that is dear to us in the Netherlands.
      • What she said though would be engraved in my mind forever.
      • The image was engraved in her mind, as she regained consciousness.
      Synonyms
      fix, set, imprint, stamp, brand, impress, deboss, embed, etch, ingrain, lodge, register, record

Phrases

  • be engraved in stone

    • see stone

Derivatives

  • engraver

  • noun ɪnˈɡreɪvə
    • He was a prolific copper engraver and etching artist of maps and town views.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the seventeenth century there were a number of very accomplished portrait engravers who worked after their own drawings.
      • The range of his work is astonishingly broad: he was also an engraver, sculptor, photographer and interior designer.
      • He then tried his luck as an independent engraver for copper plates.
      • He illustrated many of its books himself and also employed engravers.

Origin

Late 15th century (formerly also as ingrave): from en-1, in-2 'in, on' + grave3, influenced by obsolete French engraver.

Rhymes

behave, brave, Cave, clave, concave, crave, Dave, deprave, enslave, fave, forgave, gave, grave, knave, lave, Maeve, misbehave, misgave, nave, outbrave, pave, rave, save, shave, shortwave, slave, stave, they've, waive, wave

Definition of engrave in US English:

engrave

verb
[with object]usually be engraved
  • 1Cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object.

    雕刻(文字,图案)

    my name was engraved on the ring

    我的名字被刻在了戒指上。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sian's name has now been engraved on a plaque, which is kept in the chapel at the HMS Drake naval establishment, in Plymouth.
    • The names of each one of the 30 countries have been engraved on the plain grey surface of the memorial.
    • Charles Darwin once visited, and his words about the view have been engraved on a rock.
    • Mr Moore, 59, employed to promote tourism and trade in London, said the 8in brass bell was clearly identifiable as his name was engraved on one side.
    • Floral designs formerly inlaid were now engraved and new designs including human figures and architectural scenes were introduced.
    • The first character of the signature is badly engraved and hesitantly formed.
    • Waiting for Sean in the clubhouse was a beautiful five wood golf club with a hickory shaft with his name engraved on its smooth surface.
    • A looping ‘V. E. D.’ was engraved onto the smooth surface of the compact, revealing the compact's owner.
    • The name of my great uncle is engraved on the war memorial in Radcliffe, opposite what was the town hall.
    • She stared into her reflection, and then focused onto the giant ‘T’ and ‘A’ that were engraved into the glass.
    • We have seen two other examples of the waffle knife, both having different but equally elaborate engraved decorative designs.
    • Strange shapes were engraved on the walls, images of birds and feathers and eyes.
    • Their names have been engraved on a dry stone dyke at the museum.
    • Mr Smith was buried at Eastbrookend Cemetery, Dagenham, and his name was engraved on the headstone of his family plot at Dagenham Parish Churchyard.
    • Since pipes played an important role in the lives of the Indians, many are elaborately carved or decorated wood, with bowls of finely engraved soapstone.
    • Then I began to study the emblem; an amazingly intricate design was delicately engraved on its surface.
    • Two rings of concave markings were engraved on its base and shoulder.
    • Sun designs were engraved all around it with a length of gold fabric going down the front and back from the belt.
    • Four letters were engraved inside the crystal: Kari.
    • The nine compound bowls have engraved designs.
    Synonyms
    carve, inscribe, cut, cut in, incise, chisel, chase, score, etch, imprint, impress, print, mark
    1. 1.1 Cut or carve a text or design on (such an object).
      雕刻(文字,图案)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This particular knife was her pride and joy, a replica Knight's parrying dagger whose blade was finely engraved and sharp as a razor.
      • I engrave glass professionally, we both adore music and we shall undoubtedly travel.
      • At the end of the hallway I was pushed through a large metal door engraved with pictures.
      • The manufacturing process takes less than 15 minutes; and if a buyer wishes, a glass can be customised or engraved.
      • On each table was an engraved lead crystal glass.
      • If she has indeed been chosen, the plate will already be engraved with the same information as each of yours.
      • The gravestone will be engraved with the name Gwen.
      • I had this engraved glass partition installed, to separate my office from the rest of the passenger seats.
      • The stone memorial centrepiece is engraved with lines from William Shakespeare's 30th sonnet.
      • Towards the end of the 16th century in Germany, wine glasses are sophistically engraved as decoration.
      • The panels of bone inlay are engraved with animal designs, which retain traces of red, green, and yellow paint.
      • Symbolizing the Twin Towers, the walls will be engraved with the names of each victim in 4-inch letters.
      • I earned a distinction of sorts - in the form of a glass plaque engraved with our coat of arms and the title of the prize - but receiving it didn't feel good.
      • In the 19th century, numerous banks were set up throughout the country and were often engraved with a design identifying the locality.
      • For a more elegant look, these engraved glasses will do the trick.
      • A clear glass screen engraved by the artist enables a visual connection to be made between the two buildings.
      • After cooling and polishing, the glass is ready to be engraved or cut using traditional tools and techniques.
      • Large granite disks on the ground either side of the Line are engraved with poems from each of the countries.
      • Our glass was engraved and painted.
      • Beginning in the sixteenth century, the Venetians engraved some of their glasses using a tool with a diamond tip.
    2. 1.2 Cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing.
      镌(版)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His simply read narrative style is exemplified in his 1744 series of twelve subjects from Samuel Richardson's Pamela which were engraved in 1745 and published to much acclaim.
      • He designed and engraved the plates for the first paper money in Massachusetts and established the first mill for rolling copper sheets.
      • The bank engraves banknote images into metal plates by hand and uses special inks and watermarks to prevent forgery.
      • In order to move beyond shoemaker Lane's effort and produce globes his neighbors would be proud to own, Wilson had to learn to engrave his maps on copper plates.
      • He was soon engraving large plates of landscape views and scientific specimens for federal government reports of exploring expeditions.
      • In engraving, fine lines are incised directly into the plate and the burrs removed to produce clean, sharp lines on the print.
    3. 1.3be engraved on" or "in Be permanently fixed in (one's memory or mind)
      铭刻在(记忆,脑海)中
      the image would be forever engraved in his memory

      那个形象将永远铭刻在他的记忆中。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • While Flight was the first horse whose story was engraved in my mind and heart, he will not be the last.
      • It will always be engraved in my memory, always forever as the single line that gave my heart away to Lindsay.
      • This trip is one that will be engraved in my mind forever.
      • And before he could even talk, these melodies had been engraved in his memory.
      • One that would be engraved in her young, impressionable memory forever.
      • Everything I had experienced, everything I had learned that eventful summer would forever be engraved in my mind.
      • It will be engraved in the memory of its children in future as the bloodiest war in history.
      • Unlike personal memories or shared recollections from family gatherings, the memory of the events of last September was engraved in our consciousness through the media.
      • Even now, 2 years later, the number is engraved in my mind.
      • I'm not exactly sure why this incident is engraved in my memory out of all the times I told people to go home when there was a curfew, but there was something so noble about him.
      • She didn't remember much but the last night was engraved in her mind.
      • It was a moment that will forever be engraved in my mind and in the minds of all South Africans.
      • The murder is engraved on our memories… and goes against everything that is dear to us in the Netherlands.
      • But there is one picture from last week that will forever be engraved on the American memory.
      • What she said though would be engraved in my mind forever.
      • The image was engraved in her mind, as she regained consciousness.
      Synonyms
      fix, set, imprint, stamp, brand, impress, deboss, embed, etch, ingrain, lodge, register, record

Origin

Late 15th century (formerly also as ingrave): from en-, in- ‘in, on’ + grave, influenced by obsolete French engraver.

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