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单词 souvenir
释义 sou·ve·nir
I. \|süvə|ni(ə)r, -niə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from (se) souvenir to remember, from Latin subvenire to come to mind, to come up — more at subvention
1. : an act of remembering : recollection
 < eking out her life of souvenir in her palace — Eleanor Clark >
 < flitting souvenir … of a regal gesture of her mother — Arnold Bennett >
2. : something that serves as a reminder : memento, remembrance
 < the pressed flower is a souvenir from her wedding bouquet >
 < brought him a pictorial ashtray as a souvenir of the trip >
 < pockmarks in the masonry … are souvenirs of the bomb that exploded there — John Brooks >
Synonyms: see memory
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to take as a souvenir
 < guests souvenired the green tulle and the pink tiger lilies which had adorned the Royal table — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin >
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