Definition of memento mori in English:

memento mori

noun məˌmɛntəʊ ˈmɔːriməˌmɛntəʊ ˈmɔːrʌɪməˈmenˌtō ˈmôrē

An object kept as a reminder of the inevitability of death, such as a skull.
使人想到死的事物；死的警示物（如骷髅）
he placed the picture in his room as a memento mori
the skulls and bones on monuments were memento mori
Example sentencesExamples
- I own one of his self-portraits from the 1970s, the one with the skull as a memento mori on the shoulder.
- The juxtaposition of press clippings and grim artefacts offers a memento mori.
- ‘With every celebratory or positive thing, there's always a negative thing, a memento mori,’ says Gibb.
- The war touched most of the conventional genres in which Picasso worked, notably still life, whose tradition of the memento mori lent itself to contemporary meditations upon death.
- One of the few exceptions to the general gaiety is Pulse, a dark, brooding globe with blackened vines and seared leaves, a memento mori that makes you pause in the midst of this feast.

Origin

Latin, literally 'remember (that you have) to die'.

Rhymes

a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, sori, thesauri, tori

Definition of memento mori in US English:

memento mori

nounməˈmenˌtō ˈmôrē

An object serving as a warning or reminder of death, such as a skull.
使人想到死的事物；死的警示物（如骷髅）
he placed the picture in his room as a memento mori
the skulls and bones on monuments were memento mori
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the few exceptions to the general gaiety is Pulse, a dark, brooding globe with blackened vines and seared leaves, a memento mori that makes you pause in the midst of this feast.
- The war touched most of the conventional genres in which Picasso worked, notably still life, whose tradition of the memento mori lent itself to contemporary meditations upon death.
- The juxtaposition of press clippings and grim artefacts offers a memento mori.
- I own one of his self-portraits from the 1970s, the one with the skull as a memento mori on the shoulder.
- ‘With every celebratory or positive thing, there's always a negative thing, a memento mori,’ says Gibb.

Origin

Latin, literally ‘remember (that you have) to die’.

单词	memento mori
释义	Definition of memento mori in English: memento mori noun məˌmɛntəʊ ˈmɔːriməˌmɛntəʊ ˈmɔːrʌɪməˈmenˌtō ˈmôrē An object kept as a reminder of the inevitability of death, such as a skull. 使人想到死的事物；死的警示物（如骷髅） he placed the picture in his room as a memento mori the skulls and bones on monuments were memento mori Example sentencesExamples I own one of his self-portraits from the 1970s, the one with the skull as a memento mori on the shoulder. The juxtaposition of press clippings and grim artefacts offers a memento mori. ‘With every celebratory or positive thing, there's always a negative thing, a memento mori,’ says Gibb. The war touched most of the conventional genres in which Picasso worked, notably still life, whose tradition of the memento mori lent itself to contemporary meditations upon death. One of the few exceptions to the general gaiety is Pulse, a dark, brooding globe with blackened vines and seared leaves, a memento mori that makes you pause in the midst of this feast. Origin Latin, literally 'remember (that you have) to die'. Rhymes a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, sori, thesauri, tori Definition of memento mori in US English: memento mori nounməˈmenˌtō ˈmôrē An object serving as a warning or reminder of death, such as a skull. 使人想到死的事物；死的警示物（如骷髅） he placed the picture in his room as a memento mori the skulls and bones on monuments were memento mori Example sentencesExamples One of the few exceptions to the general gaiety is Pulse, a dark, brooding globe with blackened vines and seared leaves, a memento mori that makes you pause in the midst of this feast. The war touched most of the conventional genres in which Picasso worked, notably still life, whose tradition of the memento mori lent itself to contemporary meditations upon death. The juxtaposition of press clippings and grim artefacts offers a memento mori. I own one of his self-portraits from the 1970s, the one with the skull as a memento mori on the shoulder. ‘With every celebratory or positive thing, there's always a negative thing, a memento mori,’ says Gibb. Origin Latin, literally ‘remember (that you have) to die’.
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