iconic

adjective
🔊/aɪˈkɒnɪk/
🔊/aɪˈkɑːnɪk/
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  1. being a famous person or thing that people admire and see as a symbol of a particular idea, way of life, etc.符号的;图标的;图符的;偶像的
    • Dover and the White Cliffs hold iconic status in British history.多佛和白崖在英国历史上具有标志性的地位。
    • an iconic image/building/figure/brand标志性的图像/建筑物/人物/品牌
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryIconic is used with these nouns:
    • figure
    • image
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin iconicus, from Greek eikonikos, from eikōn ‘likeness, image’.