单词
quintessence
英 [kwɪn'tes(ə)ns]
美[kwɪn'tɛsns]
基本信息
- n. 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）
英英释意
- 1. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
- 2. the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- 3. the most typical example or representative of a type
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