epigrapher

epigrapher — 名詞

1. a researcher who reads and studies ancient writing carved or scratched into ston

1.名詞C2
釋義

金石學家

研究古代石刻或金屬銘文的學者

a researcher who reads and studies ancient writing carved or scratched into stone, metal, clay, or other hard materials, usually as part of historical or archaeological work.

例句

In Athens, Mizuki helped the epigrapher copy worn Greek letters from a temple wall.

在雅典，Mizuki 協助那位金石學家從神廟牆面抄錄磨損的希臘字母。

epigrapher in apposition with a research scene

The museum hired an epigrapher to read the faded Latin words on a Roman gravestone.

博物館聘請一位金石學家來解讀羅馬墓碑上褪色的拉丁文字。

common pattern: hire an epigrapher to read [ancient text]

常見搭配
  • trained epigrapher
  • leading epigrapher
  • consult an epigrapher
  • epigrapher of Greek/Latin/Mayan inscriptions
同義詞
  • epigraphist

    exact synonym; equally formal, slightly more common in British academic writing

  • inscription specialist

    descriptive paraphrase used in museum and exhibition contexts; less technical

文法句型

an epigrapher of [period/region]

用法筆記

Subject is almost always an academic or museum researcher; rarely used outside university, archaeology, or museum contexts. Synonymous with 'epigraphist' — the two forms are interchangeable, with 'epigrapher' slightly more common in American usage.

常見錯誤

The epigrapher wrote a poem at the top of the chapter.
The epigraphist wrote the epigraph at the top of the chapter.
an epigrapher studies ancient inscriptions; the person who writes a literary epigraph is sometimes called an epigraphist in a separate, looser sense, but never 'epigrapher'.

同根字

  • epigraph
    名詞C2
  • epigraphy
    名詞C2
  • epigraphic
    形容詞C2
  • epigraphist
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • epigrapher and archaeologist
  • team epigrapher

常用片語

  • consult an epigrapher
  • the museum's epigrapher
  • trained as an epigrapher

介系詞搭配

  • epigrapher of [language/period]