immortalize

英 [ɪˈmɔːtəlaɪz]

美 [ɪˈmɔːrtəlaɪz]

v.  使不朽，使名垂千古(尤指通过文学艺术作品等)

过去分词：immortalized　现在分词：immortalizing　过去式：immortalized　第三人称单数：immortalizes　

BNC.36217 / COCA.17923

牛津词典

verb

• 使不朽，使名垂千古（尤指通过文学艺术作品等）
  to prevent sb/sth from being forgotten in the future, especially by mentioning them in literature, making films/movies about them, painting them, etc.
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 immortalise


• VERB 使不朽;使名垂千古
  If someone or somethingis immortalizedin a story, film, or work of art, they appear in it, and will be remembered for it.
  1. The town of whitby was immortalised in Bram Stoker's famous Dracula story...
     惠特比镇因为布拉姆·斯托克著名的吸血鬼故事而名传后世。
  2. D H Lawrence immortalised her in his novel 'Women in Love'. D.H.
     劳伦斯在小说《恋爱中的女人》中把她塑造成了一个不朽的角色。
  3. ...Colditz, the grim fortress immortalised by films and TV.
     科尔迪茨，经电影电视的刻画和塑造而名扬后世的恐怖城堡

英英释义

verb

• make famous forever
  1. This melody immortalized its composer
  Synonym:immortaliseeternizeeterniseeternalizeeternalise
• be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
  1. This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
  2. We memorialized the Dead
  Synonym:commemoratememorializememorialiseimmortaliserecord

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