eidolon
名词 n.
英 /aɪˈdəʊlən/|/aɪˈdəʊlɒn/
美 /aɪˈdoʊlən/|/aɪˈdoʊlɑn/
英文释义
名词 n.
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An image or representation of an idea; a representation of an ideal form; an apparition of some actual or imaginary entity, or of some aspect of reality.
— As a species it is extinct; as an eidolon it retains its corporeality – but only if maintained in a state of equipoise.
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A phantom; a ghost or an elusive entity.
— Was Philippe d'Orleans seen, this day, 'in the Bois de Boulogne, in grey surtout;' waiting under the wet sere foliage, what the day might bring forth? Alas, yes, the Eidolon of him was,—in Weber's and other such brains.
- An unsubstantial image; a spectre; a phantom.
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Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon)der.
English eidolon
From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “figure, representation”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “sight”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”). Doublet of aidoru, idol, and idolum and related to idea.
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon)der.
English eidolon
From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “figure, representation”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “sight”), from εἴδω (eídō, “I see”). Doublet of aidoru, idol, and idolum and related to idea.
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