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quintessence/kwinˈtes(ə)ns/n. 1 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 of) the purest and most perfect, or most typical, form, manifestation, or embodiment of some quality or class 典型，典范，本质，实质，本体，实体 2 the most essential part of a substance; a refined extract 精华，精髓 3 (in ancient philosophy) a fifth substance (beside the four elements) forming heavenly bodies and pervading all things (古代哲学中除了空气、水、火、土四种要素之外的)第五要素 □ quintessential /kwintiˈsenʃ(ə)l/ adj.□ quintessentially /kwintiˈsenʃ(ə)li/ adv.[Middle English (in sense 3) via French from medieval Latin quinta essentia ‘fifth ESSENCE’] |