quintessence

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n. 精萃, 精华, 典范 [医] 浓浸膏, 精华

发音

US /kwɪnˈtɛs.əns/
US /kwɪnˈtɛs.əns/

词形变化

quintessences 复数 quintessences quintessenced quintessences 三单 quintessencing quintessencing 现在分词 quintessenced 过去式 quintessenced 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

精华；典范；第五元素（被视为地、水、火、风以外之构成宇宙的元素）

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.

    精粹

    典范

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A pure substance.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.

    精髓

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.

    可数 不可数 物理
v.
  1. 1.

    To reduce to its purest and most concentrated essence.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

ether

上位词 10

heart meat center example centre instance core sum element representative

词源

PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English, borrowed from Middle French, from Medieval Latin quinta essentia (“fifth essence, aether”). "Essence" in this context is a synonym for "element". In pre-atomic/Aristotelian theory, there are four known elements or essences — Earth, Air, Fire and Water — and a putative fifth element (aether), which is considered to be of exceptional superior quality to the other four basic elements.

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