emblem
/ˈembləm/noun
1- a heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family徽章; 纹章(图案):
America's national emblem, the bald eagle.
美国国徽——白头鹰。
1.1
emblem of
a thing serving as a symbolic representation of a particular quality or concept象征, 标志:our child would be a dazzling emblem of our love.
孩子将是我们引以为豪的爱情象征。
派生词
emblematic
adjectiveemblematical
adjectiveemblematically
adverb词源
late 16th cent. (as a verb): from Latin emblema 'inlaid work, raised ornament', from Greek emblēma 'insertion', from emballein 'throw in, insert', from em - 'in' + ballein 'to throw'.