epigone

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛpəɡəʊn/|/ˈɛpɪɡəʊn/    美 /ˈɛpəɡoʊn/|/ˈɛpɪɡoʊn/|/ˈɛpəɡɑn/|/ˈɛpɪɡɑn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A follower or disciple.
    — India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.
  2. An undistinguished or inferior imitator of a well known artist or their style.
    — While Shaler remained subordinate, he followed Agassiz’s intellectual lead, often with the epigone’s habit of exaggerating his master’s voice.

词形变化

epigones plural

词汇关系

衍生词
epigonality epigonic epigonism epigonous

词源

From French épigone, from Latin epigonus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγονος (epígonos, “offspring, descendant”), from ἐπιγίγνομαι (epigígnomai, “to come after”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”), from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to become”).
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