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单词 memento
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Definition of memento in English:

memento

nounPlural mementoes, Plural mementos mɪˈmɛntəʊməˈmɛnˌtoʊ
  • An object kept as a reminder of a person or event.

    you can purchase a memento of your visit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Each winning photograph has also been enlarged and framed as a memento of the event.
    • In the dark, you couldn't see all the smiling pictures and precious mementos that reminded her of her lost brother.
    • Organisers hope the finished HMS Victory will be put on display in the town as a permanent memento of the event.
    • Like every family each regiment acquired mementos by which to remember its members and triumphs.
    • The room was stuffed to the gills with trophies and plaques and mementos of the greatest baseball team that ever existed.
    • Mrs Taylor also received a memento of the visit, flowers and a teddy bear that has been named Leon in honour of their special guest.
    • Video coverage of the event will be available as a memento of this memorable occasion.
    • All runners will collect a souvenir memento, with trophies for the first three in each of the categories in the 10 km race.
    • Keepsakes and mementoes top the gift list during the season of celebration.
    • Before leaving HMS York, Caroline was presented with a signed photograph of the ship and given other mementoes to remind her of her time on board.
    • When I really enjoy a holiday I like to take with me some mementos of my visit.
    • Also at the farewell dinner the team will be presented with a specially commissioned gift as a memento of their visit to Athy.
    • I'm a pack-rat anyway, so it's just in my nature to keep all kinds of mementos and souvenirs around.
    • Lukas is planning a display room in his new home for his collection of racing trophies and mementos.
    • After their stay the couple kept a pile of mementoes of their visit to York, including 1970s Viking Hotel leaflets and even sugar packets, along with their wedding photos.
    • And as a memento of his last visit, Vasilee took with him the love for Indian instruments like sitar and sarod.
    • Therefore examples of mugs, plates and other mementos of this ‘event that never was’ are plentiful and not of great value.
    • Coun Paul Atkinson said if mayors wished to have a memento they should purchase it with their allowances.
    • A visit to any tourist town is considered incomplete if the visitors do not purchase a few of these locally-manufactured articles to carry home as mementoes of their visit.
    • She still has mementos passed on to her from her mother as reminders of the couple's deep love.
    Synonyms
    souvenir, keepsake, reminder, remembrance, token, memorial
    testimonial, trophy, relic, vestige
    archaic memorandum

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting a prayer of commemoration): from Latin, literally 'remember!', imperative of meminisse.

Rhymes

cento, cinquecento, divertimento, lento, pimiento, portamento, Risorgimento, Sacramento, Sorrento, Trento
 
 

Definition of memento in US English:

memento

nounməˈmenˌtōməˈmɛnˌtoʊ
  • An object kept as a reminder or souvenir of a person or event.

    you can purchase a memento of your visit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Before leaving HMS York, Caroline was presented with a signed photograph of the ship and given other mementoes to remind her of her time on board.
    • Coun Paul Atkinson said if mayors wished to have a memento they should purchase it with their allowances.
    • Keepsakes and mementoes top the gift list during the season of celebration.
    • Like every family each regiment acquired mementos by which to remember its members and triumphs.
    • Mrs Taylor also received a memento of the visit, flowers and a teddy bear that has been named Leon in honour of their special guest.
    • Organisers hope the finished HMS Victory will be put on display in the town as a permanent memento of the event.
    • Therefore examples of mugs, plates and other mementos of this ‘event that never was’ are plentiful and not of great value.
    • Video coverage of the event will be available as a memento of this memorable occasion.
    • She still has mementos passed on to her from her mother as reminders of the couple's deep love.
    • In the dark, you couldn't see all the smiling pictures and precious mementos that reminded her of her lost brother.
    • After their stay the couple kept a pile of mementoes of their visit to York, including 1970s Viking Hotel leaflets and even sugar packets, along with their wedding photos.
    • The room was stuffed to the gills with trophies and plaques and mementos of the greatest baseball team that ever existed.
    • Also at the farewell dinner the team will be presented with a specially commissioned gift as a memento of their visit to Athy.
    • Each winning photograph has also been enlarged and framed as a memento of the event.
    • Lukas is planning a display room in his new home for his collection of racing trophies and mementos.
    • A visit to any tourist town is considered incomplete if the visitors do not purchase a few of these locally-manufactured articles to carry home as mementoes of their visit.
    • When I really enjoy a holiday I like to take with me some mementos of my visit.
    • All runners will collect a souvenir memento, with trophies for the first three in each of the categories in the 10 km race.
    • I'm a pack-rat anyway, so it's just in my nature to keep all kinds of mementos and souvenirs around.
    • And as a memento of his last visit, Vasilee took with him the love for Indian instruments like sitar and sarod.
    Synonyms
    souvenir, keepsake, reminder, remembrance, token, memorial

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting a prayer of commemoration): from Latin, literally ‘remember!’, imperative of meminisse.

 
 
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