单词	idol
释义	idoli‧dol /ˈaɪdl/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINidol Origin: 1200-1300 Old French idole, from Greek eidolon ‘image, idol’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Jones continues to be a major pop idol. Muhammad Ali was my idol when I was a boy. The former President, once the idol of the nation, now leads a quiet life in the countryside. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But the emotional response to his death has gone beyond the standard mourning of a pop idol. Chakras connected by copper wire leading to the head of the idol. He held the syringe with its end close to the idol and pulled the piston out sharply. You know I have long been troubled by two different features of that mysterious idol. You know that we chemists here have all been baffled by the apparently limitless energy which the idol emits slowly but steadily? Thesaurus THESAURUS► god a male spirit or being who is believed by some religions to control the world or part of it, or who represents a particular quality: · Odin was the Viking god of war. ► goddess a female god: · Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon ► deity a god. Deity is more formal than god: · a Hindu deity· Roman deities· the Supreme Deity ► idol a picture or statue that people pray to as a god: · a bronze idol Longman Language Activatorsomeone that you greatly admire► hero/heroine someone who you admire very much because of what they have done. Use hero about a man, use heroine about a woman: · I used to love David Bowie -- he was my hero.· baseball hero, Babe Ruth· Mother Teresa has always been one of my heroines. ► idol a famous actor, actress, musician, or sports player that a lot of people admire: · The former President, once the idol of the nation, now leads a quiet life in the countryside.· Jones continues to be a major pop idol. WORD SETS► Religion acolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► pop idol  a pop idol COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► pop · But the emotional response to his death has gone beyond the standard mourning of a pop idol. VERB► make · To say it was perfectly ordered was to make an idol of the institution. 1someone or something that you love or admire very much SYN  heroidol of She is the idol of countless teenagers. She had made an idol of her husband. a pop idol2a picture or statue that is worshipped as a god → effigy
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