memorial
US: /məˈmɔɹiəɫ/
UK: /məmˈɔːɹɪəl/
UK: /məmˈɔːɹɪəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
memorial /mi'nɔ:riəl/
- tính từ
- (thuộc) kỷ niệm; để ghi nhớ, để kỷ niệm
- (thuộc) ký ức
- Memorial Day
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) ngày chiến sĩ trận vong (30 tháng 5)
- memorial service
- lễ truy điệu
- danh từ
- đài kỷ niệm, tượng kỷ niệm; vật kỷ niệm
- war memorial: đài liệt sĩ
- (số nhiều) bản ghi chép; bản ghi niên đại
- (ngoại giao) thông điệp
- đơn thỉnh nguyện, bản kiến nghị
- đài kỷ niệm, tượng kỷ niệm; vật kỷ niệm
Advanced English dictionary
noun, adjective
+ noun
~ (to sb/sth)
1 [C] a statue, stone, etc. that is built in order to remind people of an important past event or of a famous person who has died: a war memorial (= in memory of soldiers who died in a war) + a memorial to victims of the Holocaust
2 [sing.] a thing that will continue to remind people of sb/sth: The painting will be a lasting memorial to a remarkable woman.
+ adjective [only before noun] created or done in order to remember sb who has died: a memorial statue / plaque / prize + The memorial service will be held at a local church. + the John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 commemorative:
A memorial plaque will be dedicated to him tomorrow.
n.
2 monument, marker, plaque, cenotaph, statue, memento, remembrance, reminder, souvenir:
Let this serve as a memorial to those who died in the wars. Wreaths were laid at the foot of the memorial.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
lasting, permanent
The statue is a lasting memorial to those who died in the war.
| fitting | war
VERB + MEMORIAL
build, erect, put up | unveil
MEMORIAL + VERB
commemorate sb/sth | stand
The memorial stands on the village green.
MEMORIAL + NOUN
ceremony, service
a memorial service for sailors drowned at sea
PREP.
~ for
a memorial for victims of the air crash
| ~ to
The prime minister today unveiled a memorial to those who died in the disaster.
Concise English dictionary
memorialsmɪ'mɔːrɪəl
noun
+a recognition of meritorious service
+a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
+a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
