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单词 epigram
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ep•i•gram /ˈɛpɪˌgræm/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a short and witty saying or poem:One of his favorite epigrams is "A picture is worth a thousand words.''
See -gram-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ep•i•gram  (epi gram′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. any witty, ingenious, or pointed saying tersely expressed.
  2. epigrammatic expression:Oscar Wilde had a genius for epigram.
  3. Literature, Poetrya short, often satirical poem dealing concisely with a single subject and usually ending with a witty or ingenious turn of thought.
  • Greek epígramma inscription, epigram. See epi-, -gram1
  • Latin epigramma
  • late Middle English 1400–50
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged witticism, quip, bon mot.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
epigram /ˈɛpɪˌɡræm/ n
  1. a witty, often paradoxical remark, concisely expressed
  2. a short, pungent, and often satirical poem, esp one having a witty and ingenious ending
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin epigramma, from Greek: inscription, from epigraphein to write upon, from graphein to write

ˌepigramˈmatic adj ˌepigramˈmatically adv
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