im·mor·tal·ize
verb/ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪz/
/ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪz/
(British English also immortalise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they immortalize | /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪz/ /ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it immortalizes | /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪzɪz/ /ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple immortalized | /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪzd/ /ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle immortalized | /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪzd/ /ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form immortalizing | /ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪzɪŋ/ /ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- immortalize somebody/something (in something) to prevent somebody/something from being forgotten in the future, especially by mentioning them in literature, making films about them, painting them, etc.
使不朽，使名垂千古（尤指通过文学艺术作品等） - The poet fell in love with her and immortalized her in his verse.
诗人爱上了她，并以诗歌使她名传后世。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryImmortalize is used with these nouns as the object:- name
- The poet fell in love with her and immortalized her in his verse.