Archetype



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 原型; 典型例子
• ［英］ n. 原型 ( the original pattern, or model; prototype) ; 典型例子 ( a perfect example)
• ［记］ arche ( 原来的) +type ( 形状) -> 原型
• ［同］ 派生词: archetypally ( adv. 原型地)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin archetypum, from Greek archetypon, from neuter of archetypos archetypal, from archein + typos type
• Date: 1545
• 1. the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies ; prototype; also a perfect example
• 2. idea 1a
• 3. an inherited idea or mode of thought in the psychology of C. G. Jung that is derived from the experience of the race and is present in the unconscious of the individual
• • archetypal also archetypical adjective
• • archetypally also archetypically adverb

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