inscription
/ɪnˈskrɪpʃən/noun
1- a thing inscribed, as on a monument or in a book铭文; 碑文; 题词：
the inscription on her headstone.
她墓石上的碑文。
1.1
- mass noun the action of inscribing something铭刻：
the inscription of memorable utterances on durable materials.
在耐用材料上铭刻值得纪念的话。
派生词
inscriptional
adjectiveinscriptive
adjective词源
late Middle English (denoting a short descriptive or dedicatory passage at the beginning of a book)： from Latin inscriptio（n-）, from the verb inscribere （see INSCRIBE）.