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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。
图标
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
图标
a small graphic symbol in a graphical user interface that represents a program, command, file, or concept
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。
图像、符号、图片、肖像或其他表示,通常作为宗教崇拜对象
An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation, usually as an object of religious devotion.
某职业或某种行为的最佳典范的人或事物
A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
代表某物的小图片。
A small picture that represents something.
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。
A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.
To open the app, just double-click the icon on your desktop.
要打开这个应用，只需双击桌面上的图标。
She moved the email icon to the bottom corner of the screen.
她把邮件图标移到了屏幕的右下角。
The folder icon on my phone disappeared after the update.
更新后，我手机上的文件夹图标不见了。
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。
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。
比喻意义，指成为某一领域的代表人物。
She became a fashion icon after her debut.
她出道后成了时尚偶像。
Not this
He worships a Buddhist icon.
Use this
He worships a Buddhist statue.
“icon”特指东正教圣像画，佛教雕像应用“statue”。
Not this
Please icon the file to open it.
Use this
Please click on the icon to open the file.
“icon”是名词，不能用作动词；正确表达是“click on the icon”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
桌面图标
She organized her desktop icons into folders.
她把桌面图标整理到文件夹中。
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。
你是个偶像，亲爱的。
In The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly says to Andy: 'You're an icon, honey.'
在《穿普拉达的女王》中，米兰达·普雷斯利对安迪说：'你是个偶像，亲爱的。'
他是一个文化偶像。
Marilyn Monroe is often referred to as a cultural icon.
玛丽莲·梦露常被称为文化偶像。
Use icon naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.