Definition of epigraph in English:

epigraph

noun ˈɛpɪɡrɑːfˈɛpəˌɡræf

1An inscription on a building, statue, or coin.
（建筑物、雕像、硬币上的）刻文，铭文，碑文，题词
Example sentencesExamples
- The epigraph could be seen clearly on the pillars and walls.
Synonyms
engraving, wording, writing, lettering, legend, epitaph, etching, carving
2A short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
（卷首或章节前的）引语；格言
Example sentencesExamples
- The satirical structure and style of the novel are suggested by an epigraph from Mark Twain's travel book.
- As my epigraph suggests, to be ‘strange’ is to be ‘real.’
- The voice in the first epigraph is that of a teacher helping a student with her English pronunciation.
- (Stowe also included a fragment from it as the epigraph to Chapter 37 of Uncle Tom's Cabin).
- Each of the twelve poems in the third section of the book sports an epigraph from a Emerson essay.
- Now the general issue about whether rich countries should do this is a complex one; but the issue raised by one of the epigraphs with which the article starts is not.
- A secondary group of camera movement predictions that Colin makes (see the epigraph at the beginning of this section) are genre-specific and will require a different approach to evaluate.
- The first to appear is the epigraph to the fourth chapter.
- This conclusion together with the epigraph quoted at the beginning of this review establishes theoretical psychology as much more than a subdiscipline.
- Past horrors and present dreams (echoing the book's epigraph from Sassoon) buckle together at the moment of ‘observing.’
- The book begins with an epigraph from Edgar Allan Poe and then spins out 23 stories connected by a thin meta-narrative: novelists stranded at a writers' retreat.
- The epigraph, a quotation from Dante, further obscures the atmosphere.
- The first is to be found in the epigraph from Milton's Paradise Lost on the novel's title-page.
- To be sure, as our epigraphs suggest, this is not the first time that the issue of canonicity in the domain of law and literature has been raised.
- In order to write myself out of the dilemma that I state in the epigraph of the book, I turned to the generative ‘singularities,’ ‘fictions’ of other literary voices.
- Why do I feel certain the first epigraph is from the past and the second is our contemporary?
- I have invoked Shelley as an epigraph because he identified the dangers of hubris and vanity when desire is exhausted and over-idealized.
- Indeed, the straightforward simplicity of the first epigraph is atypical of her generally more experimental and abstract poetry.
- However, consideration of the entire passage from which the epigraph is taken suggests a subtlely different interpretation.
Synonyms
quotation, stock phrase, platitude, cliché, epithet, quote, extract, excerpt, passage, allusion, phrase

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting the heading of a document or letter): from Greek epigraphē, from epigraphein 'write on'.

Definition of epigraph in US English:

epigraph

nounˈepəˌɡrafˈɛpəˌɡræf

1An inscription on a building, statue, or coin.
（建筑物、雕像、硬币上的）刻文，铭文，碑文，题词
Example sentencesExamples
- The epigraph could be seen clearly on the pillars and walls.
Synonyms
engraving, wording, writing, lettering, legend, epitaph, etching, carving
1. 1.1 A short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
  （卷首或章节前的）引语；格言
  Example sentencesExamples
  To be sure, as our epigraphs suggest, this is not the first time that the issue of canonicity in the domain of law and literature has been raised.
  As my epigraph suggests, to be ‘strange’ is to be ‘real.’
  Why do I feel certain the first epigraph is from the past and the second is our contemporary?
  In order to write myself out of the dilemma that I state in the epigraph of the book, I turned to the generative ‘singularities,’ ‘fictions’ of other literary voices.
  The satirical structure and style of the novel are suggested by an epigraph from Mark Twain's travel book.
  The voice in the first epigraph is that of a teacher helping a student with her English pronunciation.
  Past horrors and present dreams (echoing the book's epigraph from Sassoon) buckle together at the moment of ‘observing.’
  A secondary group of camera movement predictions that Colin makes (see the epigraph at the beginning of this section) are genre-specific and will require a different approach to evaluate.
  The first is to be found in the epigraph from Milton's Paradise Lost on the novel's title-page.
  I have invoked Shelley as an epigraph because he identified the dangers of hubris and vanity when desire is exhausted and over-idealized.
  The book begins with an epigraph from Edgar Allan Poe and then spins out 23 stories connected by a thin meta-narrative: novelists stranded at a writers' retreat.
  (Stowe also included a fragment from it as the epigraph to Chapter 37 of Uncle Tom's Cabin).
  Now the general issue about whether rich countries should do this is a complex one; but the issue raised by one of the epigraphs with which the article starts is not.
  The epigraph, a quotation from Dante, further obscures the atmosphere.
  This conclusion together with the epigraph quoted at the beginning of this review establishes theoretical psychology as much more than a subdiscipline.
  Each of the twelve poems in the third section of the book sports an epigraph from a Emerson essay.
  Indeed, the straightforward simplicity of the first epigraph is atypical of her generally more experimental and abstract poetry.
  The first to appear is the epigraph to the fourth chapter.
  However, consideration of the entire passage from which the epigraph is taken suggests a subtlely different interpretation.
  Synonyms
  quotation, stock phrase, platitude, cliché, epithet, quote, extract, excerpt, passage, allusion, phrase

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting the heading of a document or letter): from Greek epigraphē, from epigraphein ‘write on’.

单词	epigraph
释义	Definition of epigraph in English: epigraph noun ˈɛpɪɡrɑːfˈɛpəˌɡræf 1An inscription on a building, statue, or coin. （建筑物、雕像、硬币上的）刻文，铭文，碑文，题词 Example sentencesExamples The epigraph could be seen clearly on the pillars and walls. Synonyms engraving, wording, writing, lettering, legend, epitaph, etching, carving 2A short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme. （卷首或章节前的）引语；格言 Example sentencesExamples The satirical structure and style of the novel are suggested by an epigraph from Mark Twain's travel book. As my epigraph suggests, to be ‘strange’ is to be ‘real.’ The voice in the first epigraph is that of a teacher helping a student with her English pronunciation. (Stowe also included a fragment from it as the epigraph to Chapter 37 of Uncle Tom's Cabin). Each of the twelve poems in the third section of the book sports an epigraph from a Emerson essay. Now the general issue about whether rich countries should do this is a complex one; but the issue raised by one of the epigraphs with which the article starts is not. A secondary group of camera movement predictions that Colin makes (see the epigraph at the beginning of this section) are genre-specific and will require a different approach to evaluate. The first to appear is the epigraph to the fourth chapter. This conclusion together with the epigraph quoted at the beginning of this review establishes theoretical psychology as much more than a subdiscipline. Past horrors and present dreams (echoing the book's epigraph from Sassoon) buckle together at the moment of ‘observing.’ The book begins with an epigraph from Edgar Allan Poe and then spins out 23 stories connected by a thin meta-narrative: novelists stranded at a writers' retreat. The epigraph, a quotation from Dante, further obscures the atmosphere. The first is to be found in the epigraph from Milton's Paradise Lost on the novel's title-page. To be sure, as our epigraphs suggest, this is not the first time that the issue of canonicity in the domain of law and literature has been raised. In order to write myself out of the dilemma that I state in the epigraph of the book, I turned to the generative ‘singularities,’ ‘fictions’ of other literary voices. Why do I feel certain the first epigraph is from the past and the second is our contemporary? I have invoked Shelley as an epigraph because he identified the dangers of hubris and vanity when desire is exhausted and over-idealized. Indeed, the straightforward simplicity of the first epigraph is atypical of her generally more experimental and abstract poetry. However, consideration of the entire passage from which the epigraph is taken suggests a subtlely different interpretation. Synonyms quotation, stock phrase, platitude, cliché, epithet, quote, extract, excerpt, passage, allusion, phrase Origin Late 16th century (denoting the heading of a document or letter): from Greek epigraphē, from epigraphein 'write on'. Definition of epigraph in US English: epigraph nounˈepəˌɡrafˈɛpəˌɡræf 1An inscription on a building, statue, or coin. （建筑物、雕像、硬币上的）刻文，铭文，碑文，题词 Example sentencesExamples The epigraph could be seen clearly on the pillars and walls. Synonyms engraving, wording, writing, lettering, legend, epitaph, etching, carving 1.1 A short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme. （卷首或章节前的）引语；格言 Example sentencesExamples To be sure, as our epigraphs suggest, this is not the first time that the issue of canonicity in the domain of law and literature has been raised. As my epigraph suggests, to be ‘strange’ is to be ‘real.’ Why do I feel certain the first epigraph is from the past and the second is our contemporary? In order to write myself out of the dilemma that I state in the epigraph of the book, I turned to the generative ‘singularities,’ ‘fictions’ of other literary voices. The satirical structure and style of the novel are suggested by an epigraph from Mark Twain's travel book. The voice in the first epigraph is that of a teacher helping a student with her English pronunciation. Past horrors and present dreams (echoing the book's epigraph from Sassoon) buckle together at the moment of ‘observing.’ A secondary group of camera movement predictions that Colin makes (see the epigraph at the beginning of this section) are genre-specific and will require a different approach to evaluate. The first is to be found in the epigraph from Milton's Paradise Lost on the novel's title-page. I have invoked Shelley as an epigraph because he identified the dangers of hubris and vanity when desire is exhausted and over-idealized. The book begins with an epigraph from Edgar Allan Poe and then spins out 23 stories connected by a thin meta-narrative: novelists stranded at a writers' retreat. (Stowe also included a fragment from it as the epigraph to Chapter 37 of Uncle Tom's Cabin). Now the general issue about whether rich countries should do this is a complex one; but the issue raised by one of the epigraphs with which the article starts is not. The epigraph, a quotation from Dante, further obscures the atmosphere. This conclusion together with the epigraph quoted at the beginning of this review establishes theoretical psychology as much more than a subdiscipline. Each of the twelve poems in the third section of the book sports an epigraph from a Emerson essay. Indeed, the straightforward simplicity of the first epigraph is atypical of her generally more experimental and abstract poetry. The first to appear is the epigraph to the fourth chapter. However, consideration of the entire passage from which the epigraph is taken suggests a subtlely different interpretation. Synonyms quotation, stock phrase, platitude, cliché, epithet, quote, extract, excerpt, passage, allusion, phrase Origin Late 16th century (denoting the heading of a document or letter): from Greek epigraphē, from epigraphein ‘write on’.
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