essence 音标拼音: ['ɛsəns]
n . 本质,实质,精华,精髓
本质,实质,精华,精髓
essence n 1 :
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience ; "
the gist of the prosecutor '
s argument "; "
the heart and soul of the Republican Party ";
"
the nub of the story " [
synonym : {
kernel }, {
substance }, {
core },
{
center }, {
centre }, {
essence }, {
gist }, {
heart }, {
heart and soul }, {
inwardness }, {
marrow }, {
meat }, {
nub }, {
pith },
{
sum }, {
nitty -
gritty }]
2 :
any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted 3 :
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [
synonym : {
effect }, {
essence }, {
burden }, {
core }, {
gist }]
4 :
a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor [
synonym :
{
perfume }, {
essence }]
Essence \
Es "
sence \,
n . [
F .
essence ,
L .
essentia ,
formed as if fr .
a p .
pr .
of esse to be .
See {
Is },
and cf . {
Entity }.]
1 .
The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion ,
and must be enumerated to define it ;
sometimes called the nominal essence .
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2 .
The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object ,
or class of objects ,
or on which they depend for being what they are (
distinguished as real essence );
the real being ,
divested of all logical accidents ;
that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything ;
distinctive character ;
hence ,
virtue or quality of a thing ,
separated from its grosser parts .
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The laws are at present ,
both in form and essence ,
the greatest curse that society labors under .
--
Landor .
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Gifts and alms are the expressions ,
not the essence of this virtue [
charity ]. --
Addison .
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The essence of Addison '
s humor is irony .
--
Courthope .
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3 .
Constituent substance .
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And uncompounded is their essence pure . --
Milton .
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4 .
A being ;
esp .,
a purely spiritual being .
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As far as gods and heavenly essences Can perish . --
Milton .
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He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences ,
until . . .
he had and ideal world of his own around him . --
W .
Irving .
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5 .
The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug ,
extracted and refined from grosser matter ;
or ,
more strictly ,
the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil ;
as ,
the essence of mint ,
and the like .
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The . . .
word essence . . .
scarcely underwent a more complete transformation when from being the abstract of the verb "
to be ,"
it came to denote something sufficiently concrete to be inclosed in a glass bottle . --
J .
S .
Mill .
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6 .
Perfume ;
odor ;
scent ;
or the volatile matter constituting perfume .
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Nor let the essences exhale . --
Pope .
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Essence \
Es "
sence \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Essenced };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Essencing }.]
To perfume ;
to scent . "
Essenced fops ." --
Addison .
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289 Moby Thesaurus words for "
essence ":
affective meaning ,
ambergris ,
ambrosia ,
aroma ,
aromatic ,
aromatic gum ,
aromatic water ,
artifact ,
aspect ,
at bottom ,
attar ,
attar of roses ,
attribute ,
au fond ,
axiom ,
balm ,
balm of Gilead ,
balsam ,
basically ,
basis ,
bay oil ,
be -
all and end -
all ,
bearing ,
being ,
bench mark ,
bergamot oil ,
best part ,
better part ,
body ,
bottom ,
brainchild ,
breath ,
bulk ,
burden ,
cardinal point ,
case ,
center ,
champaca oil ,
chapter ,
chief thing ,
child ,
civet ,
climax ,
coinage ,
coloring ,
composition ,
concentrate ,
concentration ,
concern ,
concoction ,
connotation ,
consequence ,
core ,
cornerstone ,
creation ,
creature ,
crisis ,
critical ,
critical point ,
crowning achievement ,
crucial ,
crux ,
decoction ,
definite odor ,
denotation ,
detectable odor ,
distillate ,
distillation ,
drift ,
effect ,
effluvium ,
element ,
elixir ,
emanation ,
end product ,
ens ,
entity ,
esse ,
essential ,
essential matter ,
essential oil ,
essentiality ,
essentially ,
exhalation ,
existence ,
extension ,
extract ,
extraction ,
fabric ,
fiber ,
fixative ,
flavor ,
flower ,
focus ,
focus of attention ,
focus of interest ,
force ,
form ,
fragrance ,
fruit ,
fume ,
fundamental ,
fundamentally ,
generality ,
gist ,
grammatical meaning ,
gravamen ,
great point ,
handiwork ,
head ,
heading ,
heart ,
heliotrope ,
high point ,
hypostasis ,
idea ,
impact ,
implication ,
import ,
important ,
important thing ,
in effect ,
in essence ,
indispensable ,
infusion ,
inner essence ,
intension ,
invention ,
inwardness ,
issue ,
jasmine oil ,
kernel ,
keystone ,
landmark ,
lavender oil ,
lexical meaning ,
life ,
literal meaning ,
living issue ,
main body ,
main point ,
main thing ,
major part ,
majority ,
manufacture ,
marrow ,
mass ,
masterpiece ,
masterwork ,
material ,
material point ,
materiality ,
materially ,
matter ,
matter in hand ,
meaning ,
meat ,
medium ,
milestone ,
mintage ,
most ,
motif ,
motive ,
musk ,
myrcia oil ,
myrrh ,
nature ,
new mintage ,
nub ,
nubbin ,
nucleus ,
nuts and bolts ,
occurrence ,
odor ,
of the essence ,
offspring ,
opera ,
opus ,
opuscule ,
origination ,
outcome ,
outgrowth ,
overtone ,
parfum ,
perfume ,
perfumery ,
pertinence ,
pith ,
pivot ,
plurality ,
point ,
point at issue ,
point in question ,
postulate ,
practical consequence ,
presence ,
principle ,
problem ,
product ,
production ,
property ,
purification ,
purport ,
quality ,
question ,
quid ,
quiddity ,
quintessence ,
quintessential ,
range of meaning ,
real issue ,
real meaning ,
recap ,
recapitulation ,
redolence ,
reference ,
referent ,
refinement ,
relation ,
relevance ,
requisite ,
result ,
resume ,
rock bottom ,
root ,
rose oil ,
rubric ,
run -
through ,
rundown ,
salient point ,
sap ,
savor ,
scent ,
scope ,
semantic cluster ,
semantic field ,
sense ,
significance ,
signification ,
significatum ,
signifie ,
sine qua non ,
smell ,
soul ,
span of meaning ,
spirit ,
spoor ,
stench ,
structural meaning ,
stuff ,
subject ,
subject matter ,
subject of thought ,
subsistence ,
substance ,
substantiality ,
substantially ,
substantive point ,
subtle odor ,
sum ,
sum and substance ,
summary ,
summation ,
symbolic meaning ,
tenor ,
text ,
texture ,
the bottom line ,
the nitty -
gritty ,
the point ,
theme ,
thrust ,
timber ,
tincture ,
topic ,
totality of associations ,
trace ,
trail ,
transferred meaning ,
turning point ,
unadorned meaning ,
undertone ,
value ,
virtuality ,
virtually ,
vital ,
volatile oil ,
whiff ,
work
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