| 单词 | symbolic |
| 释义 | symbolic (once / 1123 pages) adj When one thing represents something else that's more abstract, it is symbolic, like a cowboy's black hat in western films is symbolic of his sinister intentions. Images and designs on flags are often symbolic of something about a country, for instance, New Zealand's flag shows four stars that are symbolic of the constellation Crux. We're not sure exactly where the word symbolic came from, because several languages have similar words with similar meanings. The word could have come from the French symbolique, the Latin symbolicus, or the Greek sumbolikos. WORD FAMILYsymbolic: symbolically, unsymbolic+/symbol: symbolic, symbolical, symbolise, symbolism, symbolize, symbolling, symbols/symbolisation: symbolisations/symbolise: symbolisation, symbolised, symboliser, symbolises, symbolising/symbolism: symbolisms, symbolist/symbolist: symbolists/symbolization: symbolizations/symbolize: symbolization, symbolized, symbolizer, symbolizes, symbolizing USAGE EXAMPLESBut these first steps will be largely symbolic while lawmakers debate the details of dismantling the healthcare law. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The minimal use of props allows for fluid scene changes, and the symbolic white sheet creates some dramatic stage images. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Featherstone’s “Fantastical Landscape” is a symbolic reconstruction of places like India and Nepal, where religious art is public, communal and ubiquitous. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols symbolic logic symbolic operations symbolic thinking Syn symbolical 2adj serving as a visible symbol for something abstract the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish Syn emblematic, emblematical, symbolical representative standing for something else 3adj using symbolism symbolic art |
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