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

单词	epitome
释义	epit·o·me \ə̇ˈpid.ə(ˌ)mē, ēˈ-, eˈ-, -itə-, -_mi\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin, from Greek epitomē, from epitemnein to cut short, abridge, from epi- + temnein to cut — more at tome 1. a. : a summary of a written work : abridgment, abstract < purporting to be a translation from a French original although it is in fact but a meager epitome of it — Mary D. Anderson > b. : a brief presentation of a broad topic : compendium < a convenient epitome of much current knowledge and belief — H.S.Bennett > c. : a brief statement expressing the essence of something < “five years of fighting and ninety-five of winding up barbed wire” … was a fair epitome of war's aftermath — Dixon Wecter > 2. : a typical representation or ideal expression : embodiment < his manner of receiving my aunt and myself was an epitome of his urbane and appreciative attitude toward the universe — Siegfried Sassoon > < the British monarchy itself is the epitome of tradition — Richard Joseph > < my community … considers a man in uniform to be the living epitome of heroism — Lucius Garvin > 3. : brief or miniature form — used especially in the phrase in epitome < the spectator does in epitome and without halt what the artist did slowly and by process of trial and error — F.J.Mather > Synonyms: see abridgment
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