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Iconic describes something so famous and recognizable that it has become a symbol of a whole era, place, or idea — like the Eiffel Tower is an iconic symbol of Paris, or a certain song is iconic for a whole decade of music. It's a strong word, so save it for things that are truly famous and instantly recognizable, not just things you personally like a lot.
指標性的、經典的、具代表性的
組成icon (a famous symbol or image, originally a religious painting) + -ic (an adjective-forming suffix).
同家族的字
- iconthe noun this word comes from — a famous symbol, image, or admired person
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
iconicadj/aɪˈkɒnɪk/
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Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
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Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.
- an iconic move in martial arts
- And although we’ve certainly seen a variety of blue shades — from periwinkle to cobalt and even Dean Cain’s indigo-washed costume from the 1990’s TV show “Lois & Clark” — Superman’s uniform is still instantly recognizable across generations. In fact, there is only one film — Zack Snyder’s 2013 “Man of Steel” — in which Superman does not wear his iconic red belted trunks.
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Famously and distinctively representative of its type.
- For younger musicians, Coltrane’s death became one of those iconic events that stays vividly in the mind.
- She angrily turned, giving me my favorite view, that iconic view of a woman from the rear.
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human-scienceslinguisticssciencesRepresenting something; symbolic.
- an iconic gesture in sign language
- A portrait of a person is to a considerable extent iconic, but is not completely so since the painted canvas does not have the texture of the skin, or the capacities for speech and motion, […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。