| 正面 | 12567.quintessential 英 [,kwɪntɪ'senʃ(ə)l]美 [,kwɪntɪ'sɛnʃəl]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => Proto-Germanic *glim- => gleam, glimmer, glimpse.2. glimmer is a frequentative from Proto-Germanic *glim-, originally "shine brightly," Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly".3. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => glow, glitter, glister, glisten, glint, glad.4. 光(拼音：guang <= g- + -uang) => gl- "流动的光". <= 类比：flow.5. 哥哥(路过垃圾堆时)在垃圾堆里捡到了一个闪闪发光的钻戒。adj. 精髓的，精萃的 例句： 1. Everybody thinks of him as the quintessential New Yorker.大家都视他为典型的纽约人。 quintessential (adj.)c. 1600, "purest, most refined," from quintessence (Medieval Latin quint essentia) + -al (1). Related: Quintessentially." |