mementos

IPA/məmˈɛntəʊz/
KK[mɪmˈɛntoz]IPA/mɪmˈɛntoʊz/

mementos — 名詞

1. a small physical item that you keep because it brings back memories of a person,

1.名詞B1
釋義

紀念品

用來紀念人、地、事的物品

a small physical item that you keep because it brings back memories of a person, a place, or something that happened in the past

例句

The tour guide kept a small stone from the Great Wall as a memento of her visit.

導遊留了一塊長城上的小石頭，作為到訪的紀念品。

collocation: memento of + place

Grandpa showed us the seashell he had kept as a memento of his days at sea.

爺爺拿出他珍藏的貝殼給我們看，那是他航海生活的紀念品。

collocation: keep as a memento

常見搭配
  • memento of a trip
  • memento of a friend
  • keep as a memento
  • a small memento
  • a personal memento
同義詞
  • souvenir

    more common for something bought while traveling; less emotional weight

  • keepsake

    more personal and sentimental tone; often something given as a gift

  • reminder

    broader meaning — anything that makes you remember, not necessarily an object you treasure

文法句型

memento of + person/place/event

用法筆記

Often used with the preposition 'of' to specify what is being remembered. The plural form 'mementos' is more common than the singular 'memento' in everyday speech.

常見錯誤

I bought this shell as a souvenir of my trip to Hualien' (when meaning a personal reminder).
I kept this shell as a memento of my trip to Hualien.
'souvenir' is for something bought on a trip; 'memento' is any object kept for memories, even a found object like a shell.
I bought a fridge magnet as a memento of my trip to Tokyo.
I bought a fridge magnet as a souvenir of my trip to Tokyo.
'memento' works for any memory object, but 'souvenir' sounds more natural when the object was bought while traveling.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • trip memento
  • travel memento
  • wedding memento
  • family memento

副詞搭配

  • fondly as a memento
  • carefully as a memento

常用片語

  • keep something as a memento
  • serve as a memento
  • a memento of

介系詞搭配

  • memento of
  • as a memento