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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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