memoir

noun

/ˈmemwɑː(r)/

/ˈmemwɑːr/

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[plural] an account written by somebody, especially somebody famous, about their life and experiences
Extra Examples
- O'Connor published a childhood memoir.
- He has published a long memoir about those years.
- She describes in her memoirs how she coped with her mother's death.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- personal
- childhood
- political
- …
verb + memoir
- publish
- write
- read
- …
preposition
- in your memoir
- memoir about
- memoir of
- …
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[countable] (formal) a written account of somebody’s life, a place, or an event, written by somebody who knows it well
- his brief memoir of his father's life
- the market for political memoirs
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- personal
- childhood
- political
- …
verb + memoir
- publish
- write
- read
- …
preposition
- in your memoir
- memoir about
- memoir of
- …
See full entry

Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting a memorandum or record): from French mémoire (masculine), a special use of mémoire (feminine) ‘memory’.

单词	memoir
释义	memoir noun /ˈmemwɑː(r)/ /ˈmemwɑːr/ jump to other results memoirs [plural] an account written by somebody, especially somebody famous, about their life and experiences Extra Examples O'Connor published a childhood memoir. He has published a long memoir about those years. She describes in her memoirs how she coped with her mother's death. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective personal childhood political … verb + memoir publish write read … preposition in your memoir memoir about memoir of … See full entry [countable] (formal) a written account of somebody’s life, a place, or an event, written by somebody who knows it well his brief memoir of his father's life the market for political memoirs Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective personal childhood political … verb + memoir publish write read … preposition in your memoir memoir about memoir of … See full entry Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting a memorandum or record): from French mémoire (masculine), a special use of mémoire (feminine) ‘memory’.
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