quintessence

名词 quintessence:

1. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
   同义词：ether
2. the purest and most concentrated essence of something
3. the most typical example or representative of a type

1. Her book captures the quintessence of Renaissance humanism.
   她的书抓住了文艺复兴时期人文主义的精髓。
2. He is the quintessence oftact and politeness.
   他处世谦恭得体。

quin.tes.sence

n.（名词）
The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing.
精华，精髓：事物纯正的、高度浓缩的精粹
The purest or most typical instance:
典型：最纯正或最典型的例子：
例句：
the quintessence of evil.
罪恶的化身

In ancient and medieval philosophy, the fifth and highest essence after the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, thought to be the substance of the heavenly bodies and latent in all things.
第五种要素：在古代和中世纪的哲学中，除了土、空气、火和水四大基本元素以外的第五种也是最高的精髓，被认为是天体的组成物质并潜伏在于所有事物之中

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French quinte essence [fifth essence]
源自 古法语 quinte essence [第五种要素]
from Medieval Latin quonta essentia
源自 中世纪拉丁语 quonta essentia
Latin quonta [feminine of] quontus [fifth] * see penk we
拉丁语 quonta [] quontus的阴性词 [第五] *参见 penk we
Latin essentia [essence] translation of Greek pemptô ousia * see essence
拉丁语 essentia [本质] 希腊语 pemptô ousia的翻译 *参见 essence