單詞
epigone
英 ['ep?g??n]
基本信息
- n. 追隨者；天賦不如先輩的子孫；蹩腳的模仿者（等于epigon）
英文詞源
- epigone (n.)
- also epigon, "undistinguished scion of mighty ancestors," (sometimes in Latin plural form epigoni), 1865, from Greek epigonoi, in classical use with reference to the sons of the Seven who warred against Thebes; plural of epigonos "offspring, successor, posterity," noun use of adjective meaning "born afterward," from epi "close upon" (in time), see epi-, + -gonos "birth, offspring," from root of gignesthai "to be born" related to genos "race, birth, descent" (see genus).
雙語例句
- 1. I reminded of another a words: In the world again big simpletons all have an epigone!
- 我想起了另外一句話: 世界上再大的傻瓜都有一個追隨者!
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