单词 | icon |
释义 | icon /uy"kon/, n. 1. a picture, image, or other representation. 2. Eastern Ch. a representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and venerated itself as sacred. 3. a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it. 4. Computers. a picture or symbol that appears on a monitor and is used to represent a command, as a file drawer to represent filing. 5. Semiotics. a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it. Also, eikon, ikon (for defs. 1, 2). [1565-75; < L < Gk eikón likeness, image, figure] Syn. 2. See image. |
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