paragon

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpæɹəɡən/    美 /ˈpæɹəˌɡɔn/|/ˈpæɹəˌɡɑn/|/ˈpæɹəɡən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
    — In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue who would never compromise her reputation.
  2. A companion; a match; an equal. obsolete
    — Philoclea, who indeed had no paragon but her sister
    The New Arcadia
  3. Comparison; competition. obsolete
    — good by paragone / Of euill, may more notably be rad, / As white seemes fairer, macht with blacke attone […].
  4. The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point. dated
  5. A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
    — The "Koh-i-noor," or "Mountain of Light," is the eighth and smallest of these paragon diamonds (all diamonds weighing over a hundred carats are called Paragon); but it was originally the largest diamond ever known, weighing uncut 900 carats. . . this matchless gem of 900 carats which once belonged to the Great Mogul, and was the very paragon of paragons.
动词 v.
  1. To compare; to parallel; to put in rivalry or emulation with.
    — for want of a bigger , to paragon the little one with Artesia's length
    The New Arcadia
  2. To compare with; to equal; to rival.
    — Few or none could for Feature paragon with her, and much less excel her.
  3. To serve as a model for; to surpass.
    — He hath achieved a maid / That paragons description and wild fame.
  4. To be equal; to hold comparison.

词形变化

paragons plural paragons present,singular,third-person paragoning participle,present paragoned participle,past paragoned past

词汇关系

衍生词
outparagon paragade paragonize paragonless

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French paragon, paragone, from Old Italian paragone, from paragonare (“to test on a touchstone”), perhaps from Ancient Greek παρακονᾶν (parakonân, “to sharpen, whet”), from παρά- (pará-) + ἀκόνη (akónē, “whetstone, sharpening stone”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point, edge”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)).
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French paragon, paragone, from Old Italian paragone, from paragonare (“to test on a touchstone”), perhaps from Ancient Greek παρακονᾶν (parakonân, “to sharpen, whet”), from παρά- (pará-) + ἀκόνη (akónē, “whetstone, sharpening stone”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point, edge”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)).
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