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quintessence    音标拼音: [kwɪnt'ɛsəns]
n. 精萃,精华(物体)最纯粹的形体,典型

精萃,精华(物体)最纯粹的形体,典型

quintessence
n 1: the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire
and water; was believed to be the substance composing all
heavenly bodies [synonym: {quintessence}, {ether}]
2: the purest and most concentrated essence of something
3: the most typical example or representative of a type

Quintessence \Quin*tes"sence\, v. t.
To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a
quintessence. [R.] --Stirling. "Truth quintessenced and
raised to the highest power." --J. A. Symonds.
[1913 Webster]


Quintessence \Quin*tes"sence\, n. [F., fr. L. quinta essentia
fifth essence. See {Quint}, and {Essence}.]
1. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a
natural body. See {Ferment oils}, under {Ferment}. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Note: The ancient Greeks recognized four elements, fire, air,
water, and earth. The Pythagoreans added a fifth and
called it nether, the fifth essence, which they said
flew upward at creation and out of it the stars were
made. The alchemists sometimes considered alcohol, or
the ferment oils, as the fifth essence.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest
virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a
small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.
[1913 Webster]

Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light
Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure,
Sprung from the deep. --Milton.
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3. The most characteristic form or most perfect example of
some type of object.
[PJC]

88 Moby Thesaurus words for "quintessence":
archetype, axiom, beau ideal, bottom, center, champion, choice,
chosen, classic, concentrate, concentration, core, cream,
decoction, distillate, distillation, elect, elite, elixir,
embodiment, epitome, essence, essential, essentiality, exemplar,
extract, extraction, fabric, fat, flower, focus, fundamental, gist,
gravamen, heart, hypostasis, ideal, infusion, inner essence,
kernel, last word, marrow, masterpiece, masterwork, material,
matter, meat, medium, mirror, model, nonesuch, nonpareil, nub,
nucleus, nuts and bolts, optimum, paragon, pattern of perfection,
personification, pick, pith, postulate, prime, principle, prize,
prototype, purification, queen, quid, quiddity, quintessential,
refinement, sap, select, soul, spirit, stuff, substance,
sum and substance, superlative, the best, the best ever,
the nitty-gritty, the tops, the very best, ultimate, very model,
virtuality


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