engrave
/ɪnˈgreɪv/verb
with obj.(一般作 be engraved)
1- cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object雕刻（文字, 图案）：
my name was engraved on the ring.
我的名字被刻在了戒指上。
1.1
- cut or carve a text or design on (such an object)在（某物）上雕刻。
1.2
- cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing镌（版）。
1.3
- （be engraved on 或 in）be permanently fixed in (one's memory or mind)铭刻在（记忆, 脑海）中：
the image would be forever engraved in his memory.
那个形象将永远铭刻在他的记忆中。
短语
be engraved in stone
- 见STONE.
派生词
engraver
noun词源
late 15th cent. （formerly also as ingrave ）： from EN-1, IN-2 'in, on' + GRAVE3 , influenced by obsolete French engraver.