epitome

名词 epitome:

1. a standard or typical example
   同义词：prototype, paradigm, image
2. a brief abstract (as of an article or book)

1. He is the epitome of diligence.
   他是勤勉的典型。
2. He is a vast library in epitome.
   他脑中有万卷藏书。

e.pit.o.me

n.（名词）
A representative or an example of a class or type:
典型：一类或一群的代表或范例：
例句：
.He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual.(Paul Kennedy)
.他被看作是鹰派的自我为中心的知识分子的典型.(保罗·肯尼迪)

A brief summary, as of a book or an article; an abstract.
梗概：一本书或一篇文章的大致总结；摘要

来源：
Latin epitomô [a summary]
拉丁语 epitomô [总结]
from Greek [an abridgment]
源自 希腊语 [缩写本]
from epitemnein [to cut short]
源自 epitemnein [缩短]
epi- [epi-]
epi- [前缀，表.在…前.]
temnein [to cut] * see tem-
temnein [切] *参见 tem-