单词 | table monument |
释义 | > as lemmastable monument table monument n. a monument, esp. one over a grave, in the form of a table; (also) a monument consisting of an inscribed table (sense 2a) or tablet. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > other table monument1691 chedi1929 woodhenge1964 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 117 A fair Table Monument..with their statua's from head to foot laying thereon. 1761 Biogr. Dict. IV. 200 A handsome table monument of blue marble was raised over his [sc. Drayton's] grave. 1851 Internat. Mag. Jan. 152/1 His tomb is a table monument of white marble, upon which rises a pyramid, resting on skulls with bat's wings. 1905 J. G. White Hist. & Topogr. Notes I. 296 It has a plain table monument, which bears the following inscription, the composition of the late Rev. William Dunn, Rector of Charleville. 1951 Musical Times 92 399/1 Avison was buried in St. Andrew's Church in Newgate Street, where he is commemorated with a simple Latin inscription on a table monument opposite the porch door. 2004 Spectator (Nexis) 18 Dec. At the time I was sitting on a table monument and eating a light snack of Parma ham and wholemeal bread. < as lemmas |
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