n.[C]

1. 铭刻；铭文；碑文；（铸币等上的）刻印文字
   The inscription above the door was in English.

   门上方的文字是用英文刻印的。

2. （书或画的）题词，献词
   Inside the front cover was an inscription: "To Virginia from Helena."

   书的内封面上的题词是：“海伦娜赠维吉妮亚”。

n.

1. a thing inscribed, as on a monument or in a book.
2. the action of inscribing.