| 释义 |
antitype|ˈæntɪtaɪp|
[ad. med.L. antityp-us a. Gr. ἀντίτυπ-ος, prop. adj. ‘responding as an impression to the die,’ f. ἀντί opposite to + τύπος stroke, stamp, type, f. stem τυπ- strike.]
1. That which is shadowed forth or represented by the ‘type’ or symbol.
1613F. Robartes Rev. Gospel vii. 55 If the order of Priesthood there spoken of be an eternall order, and yet such an order as to whome the tythes are due, then be the Priest, either Melchisedech the type, or Christ the antitype, yet the same thing is still euinced. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr. 68 The Bread and Wine after Consecration are called Antitypes. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. vi. 191 In these types and shadows..to behold the antitypes themselves. 1704Swift T. Tub Pref., The ship in danger is easily understood to be its old Antitype the Commonwealth. 1841Myers Cath. Th. iii. §11. 42 The relation..of the Old Testament to the New..[is] that of Type to Antitype, of Porch to Temple, of Dawn to Day.
2. One of the opposite or contrary kind.
1926G. K. Chesterton Incredul. Father Brown v. 146 An antitype; a sort of extreme exception that proves the..rule. 1937‘M. Innes’ Hamlet, Revenge! i. ii. 39 He looked lazily and amiably round his guests; the very anti-type..of King Claudius of Denmark. |