单词 | epitome |
释义 | epitome[i'pitəmi]n. 概要, 缩影, 象征 epitome e.pit.o.me AHD: [¹-p¹t“…-m¶] D.J. [!6p!t*mi8]K.K. [!6p!t*mi]n.(名词)1. A representative or an example of a class or type:典型:一类或一群的代表或范例:“He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual”(&b{Paul Kennedy})“他被看作是鹰派的自我为中心的知识分子的典型”(保罗·肯尼迪)2. A brief summary, as of a book or an article; an abstract.梗概:一本书或一篇文章的大致总结;摘要语源:1. Latin epitom¶ [a summary] 拉丁语 epitom¶ [总结] 2. from Greek [an abridgment] 源自 希腊语 [缩写本] 3. from epitemnein [to cut short] 源自 epitemnein [缩短] 4. epi- [epi-] epi- [前缀,表“在…前”] 5. temnein [to cut] * see tem- temnein [切] *参见 tem- |
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