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| | quintessence | (ควินเทส'เซินซฺ) n. แก่นสาร, หัวใจ, หัวกะทิ, ธาตุแท้, ธาตุ"ether" |
| | | หัวกะทิ | [hūakathi] (x) EN: cream of the crop ; elite ; the best ; top ; choice of very good quality FR: crème (fig.) [ f ] ; élite [ f ] ; ce qu'il y a de meilleur ; le fin du fin ; quintessence [ f ] (litt.) | | แก่น | [kaen] (n) EN: essence ; substance ; quintessence FR: essence [ f ] ; substance [ f ] |
| | | | quintessence | (n) the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies, Syn. ether | | quintessence | (n) the purest and most concentrated essence of something | | quintessence | (n) the most typical example or representative of a type |
| | Quintessence | n. [ F., fr. L. quinta essentia fifth essence. See Quint, and Essence. ] 1. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The ancient Greeks recognized four elements, fire, air, water, and earth. The Pythagoreans added a fifth and called it nether, the fifth essence, which they said flew upward at creation and out of it the stars were made. The alchemists sometimes considered alcohol, or the ferment oils, as the fifth essence. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence. [ 1913 Webster ] Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light
Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure,
Sprung from the deep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The most characteristic form or most perfect example of some type of object. [ PJC ] | | Quintessence | v. t. To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence. [ R. ] Stirling. “Truth quintessenced and raised to the highest power.” J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 精英 | [jīng yīng, ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄥ, 精 英] cream; elite; essence; quintessence #6,000 [Add to Longdo] | | 精华 | [jīng huá, ㄐㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄚˊ, 精 华 / 精 華] best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence; essence; soul #6,965 [Add to Longdo] | | 精髓 | [jīng suǐ, ㄐㄧㄥ ㄙㄨㄟˇ, 精 髓] marrow; pith; quintessence; essence #13,361 [Add to Longdo] | | 髓 | [suǐ, ㄙㄨㄟˇ, 髓] marrow; essence; quintessence; pith (soft interior of plant stem) #13,684 [Add to Longdo] | | 国粹 | [guó cuì, ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄘㄨㄟˋ, 国 粹 / 國 粹] national essence; quintessence of national culture [Add to Longdo] |
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