trophy
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈtɹəʊfi/|/ˈtɹɒfi/
美 /ˈtɹoʊfi/
英文释义
名词 n.
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An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
— He won the trophy in a running competition.
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An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.
— The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.
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Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
— His trophies included his second wife, his successful children, the third and fourth homes in Palm Beach and Malibu, and his three yachts.
- An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
- A tropæum.
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A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.
— The souvenirs which many killers retain of their victims are often described as trophies, and Norman Bates's taxidermic interests derived from the real-life Ed Gein.
- An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market.
- An animal killed by a trophy hunter that usually has its parts sold on the black market.
动词 v.
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To adorn (someone) with trophies.
— How many a night serene, shall I behold / Those vvarm attractive orbits, close inshrined / In ether, over vvhich Love's column rose / Marmoreal, trophied round vvith golden hair.
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To win a trophy in a competition.
— He trophied at the 1993, 1994, 2012 and 2015 National Championships and was most proud of winning his class at the 2017 Spring Nationals.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”).
词源 2
From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”).
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