a short poem or phrase that expresses an idea in a clever or humorous way 诙谐短诗；警句；隽语 He always used to end his lectures with a witty summarizing epigram. 他总是习惯以机智的摘要警句来结束他的演讲。
Word Originlate Middle English: from French épigramme, or Latin epigramma, from Greek, from epi ‘upon, in addition’ + gramma ‘thing written, letter of the alphabet’, from graphein ‘write’.