| 单词 | pantheon |
| 释义 | pantheon (once / 2864 pages) 1n 2n In the pantheon of great movie stars, Marilyn Monroe might well be considered the brightest of them all. The actual Pantheon was a temple built by the Romans — but we use it to mean any group of exalted figures. To place someone in a pantheon is to decide that they belong to a "club" whose members are all only the greatest people to have done the same thing. It's like a little temple of little gods. Tiger Woods, for example, definitely belongs in the pantheon of great golfers –– alongside Palmer, Nicklaus and Singh. If you want to see the real Pantheon, that is the building itself with the world's oldest concrete dome, then you'll have to go to Rome. WORD FAMILYpantheon: pantheons USAGE EXAMPLESThe poets in Paterson’s, and the movie’s, pantheon are ensconced in artistic scenes; Paterson is on his own. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) But where does Trump’s portraits rank among the pantheon of 20th and 21st century American presidents? Salon(Dec 30, 2016) Harambe will eventually join the pantheon of outdated Internet memes. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n (antiquity) a temple to all the gods Hyper temple place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity 2n all the gods of a religion 2Hyper accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole n a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes Hyper memorial, monument a structure erected to commemorate persons or events |
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