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monument 音标拼音: [m'ɑnjumənt] [m'ɑnjəmənt] n. 纪念碑;遗址,遗迹;有永久价值的作品,不朽的功业 纪念碑;遗址,遗迹;有永久价值的作品,不朽的功业 monument n 1: a structure erected to commemorate persons or events [ synonym: { memorial}, { monument}] 2: an important site that is marked and preserved as public property 3: a burial vault ( usually for some famous person) [ synonym: { repository}, { monument}] Monument \ Mon" u* ment\, n. [ F., fr. L. monumentum, fr. monere to remind, admonish. See { Monition}, and cf. { Moniment}.] 1. Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial. [ 1913 Webster] Of ancient British art A pleasing monument. -- Philips. [ 1913 Webster] Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions. [ 1913 Webster] On your family' s old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a burial. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record. [ 1913 Webster] Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days. -- Foxe. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph. [ 1913 Webster] 137 Moby Thesaurus words for " monument": antenna tower, arch, archives, barbican, barrow, belfry, bell tower, bench mark, bookmark, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, campanile, carving, catstone, cenotaph, colossus, column, commemorate, commemoration, cromlech, cross, cup, cupola, cyclolith, derrick, doll, dolly, dolmen, dome, dummy, evidence, example, exemplar, fantoccini, figure, figurehead, figurine, fire tower, footstone, gingerbread man, grave, gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, landmark, lantern, lay figure, ledger, lighthouse, lightship, man of straw, manikin, mannequin, marionette, mark, marker, martello, martello tower, mast, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, milepost, milestone, minaret, model, monolith, monumentalize, mound, necrology, obelisk, obituary, observation tower, pagoda, pharos, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, plaque, platform, pole, portrait bust, prize, puppet, pylon, pyramid, record, reliquary, remembrance, ribbon, rostral column, scarecrow, sculpture, seamark, shaft, shrine, skyscraper, snowman, spire, standpipe, statuary, statue, statuette, steeple, stela, stone, stupa, tablet, television mast, testament, testimonial, testimony, token, tomb, tombstone, tope, tour, tower, tribute, trophy, turret, watchtower, water tower, wax figure, waxwork, windmill tower, witness, wood carvingMONUMENT. A thing intended to transmit to posterity the memory of some one; it is used, also, to signify a tomb where a dead body has been deposited. In this sense it differs from a cenotaph, which is at empty tomb. Dig. 11, 7, 2, 6; Id. 11, 7, 2, 42.
MONUMENTS. Permanent landmarks established for the purpose of ascertaining boundaries. 2. Monuments may be either natural or artificial objects, as rivers, known streams, springs, or marked trees. 7 Wheat. R. 10; 6 Wheat. R. 582; 9 Cranch, 173; 6 Pet. 498; Pet. C. C. R. 64; 3 Ham. 284; 5 Ham. 534; 5 N. H. Rep. 524; 3 Dev. 75. Even posts set up at the corners, 5 Ham. 534, and a clearing, 7 Cowen, 723, are considered as monuments. Sed vide 3 Dev. 75. 3. When monuments are established, they must govern, although neither courses, nor distances, nor ' computed' contents correspond; 5 Cowen, 346; 1 Cowen, 605; 6 Cowen, 706; 7 Cowen, 723; 6 Mass. 131; 2 Mass. 380; 3 Pick. 401; 5 Pick. 135; 3 Gill & John. 142,; 5 Har. & John. 163, 255; 2 Id. 260; Wright, 176; 5 Ham. 534; 1 H. & McH. 355; 2 H. & McH. 416; Cooke, 146; 1 Call, 429; 3 Call, 239; 3 Fairf. 325; 4 H. & M. 125; 1 Hayw. 22; 5 J. J. Marsh. 578; 3 Hawks, 91; 3 Murph. 88; 4 Monr. 32; 5 Monr. 175; 2 Overt. 200; 2 Bibb, 493; S. C. 6 Wheat. 582; 4 W. C. C. Rep. 15. Vide Boundary. Monument, CO -- U. S. town in Colorado Population ( 2000): 1971 Housing Units ( 2000): 770 Land area ( 2000): 4. 626053 sq. miles ( 11. 981421 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 4. 626053 sq. miles ( 11. 981421 sq. km) FIPS code: 51800 Located within: Colorado ( CO), FIPS 08 Location: 39. 081024 N, 104. 862491 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 80132 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Monument, CO Monument
Monument, OR -- U. S. city in Oregon Population ( 2000): 151 Housing Units ( 2000): 81 Land area ( 2000): 0. 537367 sq. miles ( 1. 391775 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 0. 537367 sq. miles ( 1. 391775 sq. km) FIPS code: 49750 Located within: Oregon ( OR), FIPS 41 Location: 44. 819870 N, 119. 420866 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): 97864 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Monument, OR Monument
Monument, PA -- U. S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population ( 2000): 133 Housing Units ( 2000): 55 Land area ( 2000): 0. 190680 sq. miles ( 0. 493858 sq. km) Water area ( 2000): 0. 000000 sq. miles ( 0. 000000 sq. km) Total area ( 2000): 0. 190680 sq. miles ( 0. 493858 sq. km) FIPS code: 50760 Located within: Pennsylvania ( PA), FIPS 42 Location: 41. 110388 N, 77. 703334 W ZIP Codes ( 1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Monument, PA Monument |
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