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单词 trophy
释义 trophy
 —trophyless,  adj.  
 /troh"fee/,  n.  ,  pl.   trophies.
  1. anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., esp. when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
  2. anything serving as a token or evidence of victory, valor, skill, etc.
  3. a carving, painting, or other representation of objects associated with or symbolic of victory or achievement.
  4. any memento or memorial.
  5. a memorial erected by certain ancient peoples, esp. the Greeks and Romans, in commemoration of a victory in war and consisting of arms or other spoils taken from the enemy and hung upon a tree, pillar, or the like.
 [1505-15; earlier trophe < F trophée < L trop(h)aeum < Gk trópaion, n. use of neut. of trópaios, Attic var. of TROPAÎOS of turning or putting to flight, equiv. to trop(é) a turning (akin to trépein to turn) + -aios adj. suffix. See TROPE]
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