keepsake

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keep·sake /ˈkiːpseɪk/ noun [countable]  DHREMEMBERa small object that you keep to remind you of someone 〔用来纪念某人的〕小纪念品 SYN memento

Examples from the Corpus

keepsake• Mrs Noble gave Helen, as a keepsake, Edward's last letter to her father.• Just a keepsake to remember us by.• Inaugural Committee organizers, who mailed the invitations in December, said they were meant as keepsakes.• After all, almost everyone who completes the race gets a free, three-day keepsake.• Or else it might be that Hilbert had left Adam some small memento or keepsake ... Adam was lying late in bed.• It was rare for corpses to be committed to the grave wearing day-clothes, items of personal jewellery or any other keepsake.• District councillor Richard Groves presented a photographic keepsake to commercial manager Mel Hunt.• Some of the pictures certainly qualify as priceless keepsakes.Origin keepsake (1700-1800) Because you "keep" it for the "sake" of (that is, to be reminded of) the person who gave it to you

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keepsake
keep‧sake /ˈkiːpseɪk/ noun [countable]a small object that you keep to remind you of someone
   SYN  memento

keep·sakeBrE /ˈkiːpseɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkiːpseɪk/ 🔊 nouna small object that sb gives you so that you will remember them 纪念品 SYN memento