memorial

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

me·mor·ial [memorial memorials] noun, adjective BrE [məˈmɔːriəl] NAmE [məˈmɔːriəl]
noun
1. countable 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)
•~ to sb/sth a memorial to victims of the Holocaust
2. singular ~ to sb/sth a thing that will continue to remind people of sb/sth
•The painting will be a lasting memorial to a remarkable woman.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin memoriale ‘record, memory, monument’, from Latin memorialis ‘serving as a reminder’, from memoria ‘memory’.

Example Bank:
•The memorial stands on the village green.
•The memorial stands where the two roads meet.
•The president today unveiled a memorial to those who died in the disaster.
•The statue is a lasting memorial to those who died in the war.
•They are holding a memorial for it.
•This ruin became a memorial for the victims of the bombing.
•a makeshift memorial marked by posters and flowers
•a memorial for victims of the air crash
•a memorial of my husband
•a memorial service for sailors drowned at sea
•the many memorials dedicated to the Korean War
•the national memorial of the Algerian War

 
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

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin memoriale ‘record, memory, monument’, from Latin memorialis ‘serving as a reminder’, from memoria ‘memory’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  monument, commemoration, remembrance