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quintessence

/kwin-tes-uhns/US // kwɪnˈtɛs əns //UK // (kwɪnˈtɛsəns) //

精髓,精华,精英,精华液

Related Words

apotheosis神化,神化现象,神化作用,神圣化heart心,心脏,心灵,心儿substance物质,物体,物质的,物质上gist要点,主旨,要领,主要内容bottom底部,底层,底,底端kernel内核,核心,内心,仁distillation蒸馏,精馏,蒸馏法,精炼soul灵魂,魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处pith精髓,髓,髓部,髓质stuff东西,东西的,东西的问题essentiality本质,本质性,本质上,本质上的ultimate最终,终极,最后,最终的epitome缩影,表征,缩略语,外显子marrow骨骨髓,骨髓,精髓,骨骨髓髓extract提取,摘录,提炼,提取物spirit灵魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处,灵魂的力量lifeblood命根子,生命之源,命脉,生命之血quiddity资格认证,资格证,资格,资格审查last word最后一句话,最后一个词,最后的话,最后一个字virtuality虚拟性,美德,德性,美德性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
    • : the most perfect embodiment of something.
    • : the fifth essence or element, ether, supposed to be the constituent matter of the heavenly bodies, the others being air, fire, earth, and water.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounessence, core
Synonyms
apotheosis神化,神化现象,神化作用,神圣化bottom底部,底层,底,底端distillation蒸馏,精馏,蒸馏法,精炼epitome缩影,表征,缩略语,外显子essentiality本质,本质性,本质上,本质上的extract提取,摘录,提炼,提取物gist要点,主旨,要领,主要内容heart心,心脏,心灵,心儿kernel内核,核心,内心,仁lifeblood命根子,生命之源,命脉,生命之血marrow骨骨髓,骨髓,精髓,骨骨髓髓pith精髓,髓,髓部,髓质quiddity资格认证,资格证,资格,资格审查soul灵魂,魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处spirit灵魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处,灵魂的力量stuff东西,东西的,东西的问题substance物质,物体,物质的,物质上ultimate最终,终极,最后,最终的last word最后一句话,最后一个词,最后的话,最后一个字virtuality虚拟性,美德,德性,美德性

Examples

  • That, America, is the quintessence of naturally occurring British-cute.

  • The actor is the quintessence of smooth, first as Remington Steele, then James Bond.

  • In recent years, Stoner entered a category of which it soon became the quintessence.

  • Yes, Holmes was the quintessence of the Victorian rationalism, “the most perfect and reasoning machine that the world had seen.”

  • “Innocence is the quintessence of the snapshot,” Lisette Model would write.

  • Preserve this precious quintessence of mercury, which is exceedingly volatile, in a well-closed vessel for further use.

  • This drama is the quintessence of all that Gorky has, up to this time, written on the "ex-man," whom he has thoroughly "explored."

  • Only as a subscriber, possessing a numbered set of a limited edition, could one obtain the quintessence of literature.

  • They are the quaint quintessence of conservatism, and will occupy youthful minds menaced by modernism.

  • Ten beds, and only one occupied, by a freckled, tousled quintessence of fractiousness in a blue wrapper.

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