Idol



GRE

解释

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• n. 神像; 偶像
• ［英］ n. 神像 ( an image of god for worship)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French idle, from Late Latin idolum, from Greek eidōlon image, idol; akin to Greek eidos form — more at idyll
• Date: 13th century
• 1. a representation or symbol of an object of worship; broadly a false god
• 2.
  • a. a likeness of something
  • b. obsolete pretender, impostor
• 3. a form or appearance visible but without substance <an enchanted phantom, a lifeless idol — P. B. Shelley>
• 4. an object of extreme devotion <a movie idol>; also ideal 2
• 5. a false conception ; fallacy

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