mementoes
mementoes — noun
1. a physical item — such as a ticket, a photograph, or a small gift — that you kee
a physical item — such as a ticket, a photograph, or a small gift — that you keep because it brings back memories of a person, a place, or an event from your past
Mei-Lin keeps the concert ticket on her desk as a memento of her trip to Taipei.
keeps [noun] as a memento of [event/place]
Diego brought back a small wooden carving from Peru as a memento for his grandmother.
The old photograph serves as a memento of the summer the Watanabe family spent together in Kyoto.
Fatima's grandmother gave her a silver bracelet that she keeps as a family memento.
The shelves were covered with small mementoes from every country Fatima had visited.
- souvenir
more general, often used for objects bought while travelling; less emotionally personal than memento
- keepsake
more intimate and warm, typically a small personal object given by or associated with a loved one
- token
broader meaning; can refer to a symbolic gesture or an object, not necessarily physical
文法句型
memento of [person/place/event]
keep [noun] as a memento
用法筆記
The plural form can be spelled either mementoes or mementos; both are common in written English. Memento is a countable noun and requires a determiner (a, the, my, etc.) in singular form.