eminence

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone of high rank, reputation or social status. countable,uncountable
  2. The quality or state of being eminent. countable,uncountable
  3. Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem. countable,uncountable
  4. An elevated land area or a hill. countable,uncountable
    — From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...].
  5. A protuberance. countable,uncountable
  6. A dark purple color. uncountable
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:eminence.

词形变化

eminences plural

词汇关系

近义词
distinction prominence renown celebrity
反义词
obscurity mediocrity
衍生词
eminectomy eminence grise Eminence title of honor for a Roman Catholic cardinal frontal eminence gray eminence grey eminence hypothenar eminence ileocecal eminence median eminence preeminence

词源

From Old French eminence, from Latin ēminentia (“prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence”).
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