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单词
paragon
释义
paragon
par‧a‧gon
/
ˈpærəɡən
$
-ɡɑːn
/
noun
[countable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
paragon
Origin:
1500-1600
Early
French
, from
Old Italian
paragone
‘stone for testing gold’
, from
paragonare
‘to test on such a stone’
, from
Greek
parakonan
‘to sharpen’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
I will actually allow you to see and speak to this
paragon
of beauty-not to mention good taste-in person.
It sometimes came as a slight shock to Wycliffe to have this
paragon
of the modern virtues working under his direction.
The royal family could be relied upon as
paragons
of etiquette.
They, or at least the Quakers who lived in our town, had become
paragons
of propriety.
What did our long-suffering
paragon
of good grace do?
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
►
paragon of virtue
a
paragon of virtue
someone who is perfect or is extremely brave, good etc – often used humorously
paragon of
a
paragon of virtue
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