Epitome
[ɪ'pɪtəmɪ;e-] or [ɪ'pɪtəmi]
解釋/意思:
(n.) 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.
(n.) A compact or condensed representation of anything.
霍奇編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Abridgment, abstract, compend, compendium, conspectus, syllabus, brief, breviary, summary, synopsis, digest, sum and substance.
奥尔登錄入
同義詞及反義詞：
[See ABBREVIATION]
格雷琴編輯
解釋/意思:
n. an abridgment or short summary of anything as of a book.—adj. Epitom′ical like an epitome.—v.t. Epit′omise to make an epitome of: to shorten: to condense.—ns. Epit′omiser Epit′omist one who abridges.—In epitome on a small scale.
巴雷特校對
例句/造句/用法:
- We have given an epitome of the development of the submarine vessel up to the opening of the twentieth century. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The person becomes, as it were, the epitome of the history of his own family. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Mr. Harthouse professed himself in the highest degree instructed and refreshed, by this condensed epitome of the whole Coketown question. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Yes, I said; his life is motley and manifold and an epitome of the lives of many;--he answers to the State which we described as fair and spangled. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
杜威手打