idol
名词 n.
英 /ˈaɪ.dl̩/|[ˈaɪ.dl̩]
美 /ˈaɪ.dl̩/|[ˈaɪ.ɾl̩]|/ˈɑɪ.dl̩/|[ˈɑɪ.ɾl̩]
英文释义
名词 n.
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A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
— 20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship deuils, and idoles of golde, and siluer, and brasse, and stone, and of wood, which neither can see, nor heare, nor walke: 21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
- A cultural icon, or especially popular person.
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A popular entertainer, usually young, captivating and attractive, and often female, with an image of being close to fans.
— Tom Cruise is his idol.
- An eidolon or phantom; a misleading or elusive image or representation.
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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.
Latin īdōlumder.
Old French idolebor.
Middle English ydole
English idol
From Middle English ydole, from Old French idole, from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Doublet of aidoru, eidolon, 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.
Latin īdōlumder.
Old French idolebor.
Middle English ydole
English idol
From Middle English ydole, from Old French idole, from Latin idolum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos (“seeing, image”), from *weyd- (“to see”). Doublet of aidoru, eidolon, and idolum and related to idea.
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