epitome 音标拼音: [ɪp'ɪtəmi]
n . 概要,缩影,概括
概要,缩影,概括
epitome n 1 :
a standard or typical example ; "
he is the prototype of good breeding "; "
he provided America with an image of the good father " [
synonym : {
prototype }, {
paradigm }, {
epitome }, {
image }]
2 :
a brief abstract (
as of an article or book )
Epitome \
E *
pit "
o *
me \,
n .;
pl . {
Epitomes }. [
L .,
fr .
Gr . ?
a surface incision ,
also ,
and abridgment ,
fr . ?
to cut into ,
cut short ; '
epi `
upon te `
mnein to cut :
cf .
F . ['
e ]
pitome .
See {
Tome }.]
1 .
A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation ;
a brief summary ;
an abridgement .
[
1913 Webster ]
[
An ]
epitome of the contents of a very large book .
--
Sydney Smith .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A compact or condensed representation of anything ;
something possessing conspicuously or to a high degree the qualities of a class .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
An epitome of English fashionable life . --
Carlyle .
[
1913 Webster ]
A man so various that he seemed to be Not one ,
but all mankind '
s epitome . --
Dryden .
Syn :
Abridgement ;
compendium ;
compend ;
abstract ;
synopsis ;
abbreviature .
See {
Abridgment }.
[
1913 Webster ]
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "
epitome ":
abbreviation ,
abbreviature ,
abrege ,
abridgement ,
abridgment ,
abstract ,
antetype ,
antitype ,
apocope ,
archetype ,
biotype ,
breviary ,
brief ,
capsule ,
classic example ,
compend ,
compendium ,
compression ,
condensation ,
condensed version ,
conspectus ,
contraction ,
criterion ,
curtailment ,
digest ,
draft ,
elision ,
ellipsis ,
embodiment ,
essence ,
exemplar ,
foreshortening ,
fugleman ,
fugler ,
genotype ,
head ,
imitatee ,
last word ,
lead ,
mirror ,
model ,
original ,
outline ,
overview ,
pandect ,
paradigm ,
pattern ,
personification ,
precedent ,
precis ,
prototype ,
quintessence ,
recap ,
recapitulation ,
reduction ,
representative ,
resume ,
retrenchment ,
review ,
rubric ,
rule ,
shortened version ,
shortening ,
skeleton ,
sketch ,
standard ,
sum ,
summary ,
summation ,
summing -
up ,
survey ,
syllabus ,
syncope ,
synopsis ,
telescoping ,
thumbnail sketch ,
topical outline ,
truncation ,
type ,
type species ,
type specimen ,
typical example ,
ultimate ,
urtext
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