Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #6668
icon
图标
a small graphic symbol in a graphical user interface that represents a program, command, file, or concept
- 1.
An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion.
图像、符号、图片、肖像或其他表示,通常作为宗教崇拜对象
- 2.
A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
某职业或某种行为的最佳典范的人或事物
- 3.
A small picture that represents something.
代表某物的小图片。
- 4.
A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.
形式反映并取决于所指对象的词、字符或符号；拟声词必然是象似符。
圣像；圣像画；图像、符号、图片、肖像或其他表示,通常作为宗教崇拜对象；某职业或某种行为的最佳典范的人或事物；代表某物的小图片。；形式反映并取决于所指对象的词、字符或符号；拟声词必然是象似符。
In use
To open the app, just double-click the icon on your desktop.
She moved the email icon to the bottom corner of the screen.
The folder icon on my phone disappeared after the update.
icon of [noun]
用于宗教或象征意义。
The icon of the Virgin Mary is venerated in many churches.
圣母玛利亚的圣像在许多教堂受到敬拜。
click on the icon
常用于计算机操作。
Click on the icon to open the application.
点击图标打开应用程序。
become an icon
比喻意义，指成为某一领域的代表人物。
She became a fashion icon after her debut.
Connections
Collocations
- click an icon
- 点击图标
- To open the program, click the icon on your desktop.要打开程序，请点击桌面上的图标。
- religious icon
- 宗教圣像
- The church has a collection of ancient religious icons.这座教堂收藏了一批古代宗教圣像。
- cultural icon
- 文化象征
- The Eiffel Tower is a cultural icon of France.埃菲尔铁塔是法国的文化象征。
- desktop icon
- 桌面图标
- She organized her desktop icons into folders.她把桌面图标整理到文件夹中。
- pop icon
- 流行偶像
- Michael Jackson remains a pop icon worldwide.迈克尔·杰克逊仍然是全球流行偶像。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象教堂的圣像和电脑的图标都叫icon，宗教与科技在此重合，帮你记住这个词的双重含义。
Context & Register
register: mixed; typical settings: computing (graphic symbol), religion (sacred painting), general (symbolic representation); note_zh: 该词在计算机领域常指图标，在宗教艺术中指圣像，在日常用语中可泛指偶像或象征，因此语域混合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling pattern '-con', but none rhymes with 'icon' because 'icon' has the stressed vowel /aɪ/ while the others have different vowels. The chunk 'con' is pronounced /kən/ in all these words.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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