emblem

emblem
[ˈɛmbləm]
noun
  1. a heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family
    徽章；纹章
    America's national emblem, the bald eagle.
    美国国徽——白头鹰。
    ■(emblem of)a thing serving as a symbolic representation of a particular quality or concept
    象征，标志
    our child would be a dazzling emblem of our love.
    孩子将是我们引以为豪的爱情象征。
派生
emblematic
adjective
emblematical
adjective
emblematically
adverb
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (as a verb): from Latin emblema 'inlaid work, raised ornament', from Greek emblēma 'insertion', from emballein 'throw in, insert', from em- 'in' + ballein 'to throw'
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