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GRE 红宝书

• n. 圣像, 偶像
• ［英］ n. 圣像, 偶像 ( an image or picture of Jesus, Mary, a saint, etc)
• ［记］ icon本身可作构词成分, 如iconize ( 肓目崇拜) , iconoclasm ( 打破圣像的行动)

Webster Collegiate

also ikon noun

• Etymology: Latin, from Greek eikōn, from eikenai to resemble
• Date: 1572
• 1. a usually pictorial representation ; image
• 2. \［Late Greek eikōn, from Greek\］ a conventional religious image typically painted on a small wooden panel and used in the devotions of Eastern Christians
• 3. an object of uncritical devotion ; idol
• 4. emblem, symbol <the house became an icon of 1860's residential architecture — Paul Goldberger>
• 5.
  • a. a sign (as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaning
  • b. a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that usually suggests the type of object represented or the purpose of an available function
• ? iconic adjective
• ? iconically adverb

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