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单词 eidolon
释义 ei·do·lon
\īˈdōlən\ noun
(plural eidolons \-lənz\ ; or eido·la \-lə\)
Etymology: Greek eidōlon phantom, image, idol — more at idol
1. : an unsubstantial image
 < free from her troubles among the eidolons of sleep — J.C.Powys >
: phantom
2.
 a. : an ideal figure
  < he had created in the Boss an eidolon a half century before this machine-age man became triumphant in history — H.S.Canby >
  or idealized person
  < Lincoln … the eidolon of democracy — G.W.Johnson >
  : exemplar
 b. : ideal
  < psychiatry's eidolon of the personality completely … at home in the world — Bernard DeVoto >
3. : a small winged figure human or combining human with animal elements found in Greek vase painting
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