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icon

/ahy-kon/US // ˈaɪ kɒn //UK // (ˈaɪkɒn) //

图示,图标,图例,圣像

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a picture, image, or other representation.
    • : Eastern Church. a representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated itself as sacred.
    • : a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it: an icon of womanhood.
    • : a person or thing that is revered or idolized: Elvis Presley is a cultural icon of the 20th century.
    • : Digital Technology. a picture or symbol that appears on a screen and is used to represent a file, account, application, etc.: Tap the icon to download the app.Click the flag icon at the top of the web page to toggle the language to English.
    • : Semiotics. a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • There are certain icons and phrases that have made their way in the public awareness that people really resonate with.

  • With industry icons who’d previously eliminated tips, like Danny Meyer, reintroducing them in the pandemic to give hard-hit employees more cash, pay equity seems a moving goalpost — but one that arguably more people are aware of than before.

  • After her release in 2010, she became an icon of human rights, mentioned in the same breath as Gandhi or Mandela.

  • DeepFuckingValue, the Reddit trading icon, was still up 2,800% yesterday.

  • Suu Kyi, former democracy icon, defends Myanmar against genocide allegations

  • This penchant for medical internationalism goes back to the greatest icon of the revolution, Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

  • Sxities icon Eugene McCarthy spent his final years warning about the negative impact of unfettered immigration.

  • Padre Goyo, with his clerical collar and his bulletproof vest, is an icon for those fighting drugs and corruption.

  • The family remain close to the democracy icon, who earlier this month sent a letter of condolences to Than Dar.

  • Three days after that, the author of the original Rollins piece published a defense of his skewering of the sax icon.

  • In front of the icon the Gentiles said their prayers, on their knees, crossing themselves all the time.

  • A so-called "fourth part," with the title of Icon Animorum, appeared in 1614.

  • Thus might a devout Russian have greeted a lost icon, and worshipped, silently, a re-found saint.

  • Then the wildest Nistinare seizes the icon, turns it to the crowd, and with naked feet climbs the pyre of glowing embers.

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