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quintessential adj.精粹的；精髓的；典型的 (1) 重型战列舰是巨舰时代的精粹之作。(2) 他是个典型的硬汉子。(3) 芭比娃娃是典型的美国图标。 Some people think that baseball is the quintessential American sport. (Others might think it's stock car racing.) We also call something quintessential if it’s absolutely necessary. A quintessential part of a lasting friendship is mutual respect. Good computer skills are quintessential if you want to become the world’s greatest hacker.

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英 [ˌkwɪntɪ'senʃl] 美 [ˌkwɪntɪ'senʃl] (1) Ship of the Lines were the quintessential battleship of the era.(2) He was the quintessential tough guy.(3) Barbie is the quintessential American icon. If someone tells you you’re the quintessential rock musician, that means they think that everything about you screams “rock and roll.” Quintessential means embodying or possessing the essence of something. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]典范的；典型的 Quintessential means representing a perfect or typical example of something.   [usu ADJ n]  [FORMAL 正式]This was quintessential Midwestern farming country...这就是典型的中西部农村。Everybody thinks of him as the quintessential New Yorker.大家都视他为典型的纽约人。quintessentiallyIt is a familiar, and quintessentially British, ritual.这是一个常见的典型英式仪式。2[ADJ 形容词]本质的；精髓的 Quintessential means representing the central nature of something.   [usu ADJ n]  [FORMAL 正式]...the quintessential charm of his songs.他的歌声中最本质的魅力

英语单词	quintessential
英美音标	英 [ˌkwɪntɪ'senʃl] 美 [ˌkwɪntɪ'senʃl]
中文释义	adj.精粹的；精髓的；典型的
英语例句	(1) Ship of the Lines were the quintessential battleship of the era. (2) He was the quintessential tough guy. (3) Barbie is the quintessential American icon.
中文例句	(1) 重型战列舰是巨舰时代的精粹之作。 (2) 他是个典型的硬汉子。 (3) 芭比娃娃是典型的美国图标。
vocabulary简明	If someone tells you you’re the quintessential rock musician, that means they think that everything about you screams “rock and roll.” Quintessential means embodying or possessing the essence of something.
vocabulary扩展	Some people think that baseball is the quintessential American sport. (Others might think it's stock car racing.) We also call something quintessential if it’s absolutely necessary. A quintessential part of a lasting friendship is mutual respect. Good computer skills are quintessential if you want to become the world’s greatest hacker.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]典范的；典型的 Quintessential means representing a perfect or typical example of something. [usu ADJ n] [FORMAL 正式] This was quintessential Midwestern farming country... 这就是典型的中西部农村。 Everybody thinks of him as the quintessential New Yorker. 大家都视他为典型的纽约人。 quintessentially It is a familiar, and quintessentially British, ritual. 这是一个常见的典型英式仪式。 2 [ADJ 形容词]本质的；精髓的 Quintessential means representing the central nature of something. [usu ADJ n] [FORMAL 正式] ...the quintessential charm of his songs. 他的歌声中最本质的魅力

Quintessential Means American Representing [Usu Adj N [Formal