英：[ˌkwɪntɪ'senʃl]
美：[ˌkwɪntəˈsɛnʃəl]
quintessential如何读
quintessential是什么意思
adj. (形容词)
- 典型的
- 精髓的
- 【史】第五元素的
- 精华的
- 典范的
- 最完美的
quintessential词根
词根：quintessential
adv.quintessentially 典型地；标准地
quintessential英英释义
adjective
perfectly typical or representative of a particular kind of person or thing This is the quintessential Los Angeles restaurant, casual but never frumpy, lively but not overheated …—Harvey Steiman Marx was the quintessential intellectual, remarkably detached from the real world.—John Steele Gordon : being a quintessenceHis very faults were middling … It was not in his nature to be superlative in anything; unless, indeed, he was superlatively middling, the quintessential extract of mediocrity.—George Eliot
Jerry's your quintessential streetwise New Yorker …—Kai Wright
noun
a quintessential element : something that is a typical part or pure example—usually pluralThe quintessentials of a culture become all the more noticeable and absorbing if they are perceived as in danger of disappearing or as an obstacle to progress that must disappear.—Steve J. Stern
The quintessentials—ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, and mustard—that characterize classic American barbecue sauce can be found in this dish.—Betty Rosbottom
quintessential词源中文解释
大约1600年，“最纯净的，最精致的，由或具有本质上的精华组成的”，源自于 quintessence（中世纪拉丁语 quint essentia）+ -al（1）。相关词汇： Quintessentially; quintessentialize。
quintessential词源英文解释
The first known use of quintessential was in 1551
quintessential 例句
1 The only artist who really transcended this — in a style that began to form before the war — was Alberto Giacometti, whose eaten-away figures remain the quintessential representations of postwar angst and the existential condition.
2 She became the quintessential All-American girl and a major box office draw with films such as "Calamity Jane" and "Pillow Talk," opposite Rock Hudson.
3 In this quintessentially Germanic film, Berlin — where they live, work, and create and voraciously consume culture — is as much a character as any person.
4 The change of heart is quintessential Buffett - rational, decisive, maverick and blazing a path all his own.
改变主意是巴菲特的精髓 ---- 理性 、 果断、与众不同 、 独辟蹊径.
5 In many ways, Concorde was a quintessential product of the mid-1960s, its sleek, elegant lines reflecting the technological optimism of the Space Age.
6 "It's been nice to be able to cultivate characters who are helpful," Esposito said which, if you think about it, also happens to be quintessentially Gus thing to say, too.
7 The quintessential American whiskey enjoys a global reputation for quality, with demand outstripping supply and prices steadily rising.
8 Once regarded as quintessentially Celtic, these are now recognized as examples of what has been dubbed Insular Fusion, a complex melding of native, Germanic and Mediterranean styles.
9 But as a romantic vision, it was the quintessential Rodarte mix of innocent beauty with a disturbing undercurrent.
10 Toward the end of his dissent, Roberts, now playing the role of the quintessential sore loser, jettisoned the middle way:
11 It was this quintessential London experience, capped off by the fact that Prince Harry was in attendance.
12 Had hiring a straight man named Christian to play a quintessential gay Jew given him any pause?
13 The recreational vehicle, or R.V., is a quintessentially American automobile that melds the desire to travel the country’s highways and byways without sacrificing the creature comforts of home.
14 Ian Smith, a lifelong amateur performer, is worried that something quintessentially British is being lost now few schools mount productions and turn instead to Grease and High School Musical.
15 Later, he said that Disney represents "the quintessentially American spirit."
16 “That women who had unspeakable violence committed against them were not allowed to bring in evidence of the abuse is the quintessential injustice,” said Sunny Schwartz, the founder of Five Keys.
17 The songs, once so quintessentially Indian, now sometimes sound almost indistinguishable from western pop and dance music.
18 Two centuries on, flossing remains the quintessential thing that we forget — and hate — to do.
19 Queer, Jewish, entertaining and executed at a high level, the show is a quintessential production of the Komische Oper, the city’s most reliably interesting and revelatory opera company.
20 They imagined themselves quintessential outsiders, yet felt most comfortable sitting in the inner quadrangles of Cambridge colleges.
quintessential 同义词
2 完美的
perfect beautiful ideal polished flawless authoritative immaculate impeccable spotless picture-perfect faultless copybook lily-white indefectible
3 典型
classic representative typical prime prize characteristic reflective paradigmatic standard-issue true-blue typically characteristically type study image epitome exemplar ideal exemplary canonical card-carrying typic typal model example soul prototype perfection emblem archetype exponent personification quintessence nonesuch nonsuch poster child par excellence
4 精华的
7 完美典范