keepsakes
keepsakes — noun
1. small gifts that people give you so you will think of them or remember a shared
small gifts that people give you so you will think of them or remember a shared event later.
Jabari kept the scarf and note from his sister as keepsakes while he was abroad.
keep + as keepsakes
Charlotte gave her nieces two silver bracelets as keepsakes before moving to Canada.
give + keepsakes
After the wedding, Arjun's aunt handed out painted shells as keepsakes for each guest.
Liam pinned the paper crane to his wall with other keepsakes from Feng.
Each camper took home painted stones as keepsakes from the trip leaders.
文法句型
give + keepsakes
keep + as keepsakes
keepsakes from + person/event
用法筆記
Usually refers to items given to mark a relationship or a moment such as a wedding, graduation, farewell, or camp trip. Distinguish from sense 2: here the focus is on the act of giving, not simply on keeping an old object.
常見錯誤
2. objects that someone holds on to because they carry personal memories or emotion
objects that someone holds on to because they carry personal memories or emotional value, even when they are simple or old.
Feng sorted through family keepsakes before selling the apartment after his parents died.
family keepsakes
Élise keeps old cinema tickets in a tin with other keepsakes from university.
keepsakes from + period of life
Noa rescued the cracked music box because it was one of her mother's keepsakes.
Marco opened the cedar chest and showed the children keepsakes from their grandfather's shop.
William wrapped the watch and postcards because those keepsakes mattered more than the clothes.
文法句型
family keepsakes
box of keepsakes
keepsakes from + time/person
用法筆記
Often appears with old family objects, letters, tickets, and photographs kept in a box, drawer, or chest. Distinguish from sense 1: the item may never have been a gift; what matters here is the memory attached to it.