英语词汇“quintessence”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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quintessence

释义

Noun: quintessence kwin'tesuns

The purest and most concentrated essence of something
The most typical example or representative of a type
(cosmology) the theory that the dark energy in the universe may be due to a scalar field and evolving with time
[archaic] The fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- ether [archaic]

Derived forms: quintessences

See also: quintessential

Type of: center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], core, element, essence, example, gist, heart, heart and soul, illustration, instance, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, representative, substance, sum

Encyclopedia: Quintessence

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