| 单词 | epigone |
| 释义 | epigone (once / 337695 pages) n Someone who copies a well-known poet, closely imitating her style, is an epigone. You are also an epigone if you admire and imitate another kind of writer, a visual artist, or a musician. If you put a lot of time into trying to duplicate the sound of your favorite rock star, recording covers of his hits or writing songs that sound almost identical to his, you're an epigone. You can also use the word to describe the follower of a particular philosopher, or an admirer of a famous chef, especially if you imitate her cooking style. Epigone has a Greek root, epigonos, "offspring or successor." WORD FAMILYepigone: epigones USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Trump could yet win, or one of his epigones might in four or eight years. Wall Street Journal(May 09, 2016) Partly, it levels the terrain somewhat for comparisons with Munch’s epigones—his valleys meet their peaks. The New Yorker(Feb 29, 2016) The structural use of steel made the Chicago skyscraper and its epigones possible at the turn of the 20th century. New York Times(May 30, 2011) n an inferior imitator of some distinguished writer or artist of musician Syn|Hyper epigon ape, aper, copycat, emulator, imitator someone who copies the words or behavior of another |
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