memoir

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɛmˌwɑː/    美 /ˈmɛmˌwɑɹ/|/ˈmemˌwɐː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
    — When I retire, I'm going to write my memoirs.
  2. A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.
    — James wrote a memoir of his grandmother shortly after she passed away.
  3. Any form of narrative describing the personal experiences of a writer.

词形变化

memoirs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
documemoir foodoir memoiric memoirish memoirism memoirist memoiristic momoir mumoir
相关词
memory

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der.?
Latin memor
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin memoria
Old French memoire
Middle French memoire
French mémoirebor.
English memoir
Borrowed from French mémoire, from Middle French memoire, from Old French memoire, from Latin memoria. Doublet of memoria and memory.
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