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单词 quintessential
释义 quin·tes·sen·tial
I. \|kwintə̇|senchəl\ adjective
Etymology: from quintessence (I), after English essence: essential
: being a quintessence : purest of its kind : typical
 < quintessential extract of mediocrity — George Eliot >
 < the task of defining primary or quintessential literary value — C.W.Shumaker >
 < not aristocrats, but quintessential proletarians — M.S.Dworkin >
quin·tes·sen·ti·al·i·ty \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷chēˈaləd.ē\ noun
quin·tes·sen·tial·ly \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|sench(ə)lē\ adverb
II. noun
: a quintessential element — usually used in plural
 < compendium of the essentials and the quintessentials of originality — J.L.Lowes >
 < compress the quintessentials of the metropolis's metabolism into a book — Cleveland Rodgers >
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