emblem: [15] The Latin term emblēma referred to ‘inlaid work’ – designs formed by setting some material such as wood or ivory, or enamel, into a contrasting surface. This usage survived into English as a conscious archaism (‘The ground more colour’d then with stone of costliest emblem’, John Milton, Paradise Lost 1667), but for the most part English has used the word metaphorically, for a ‘design which symbolizes something’.
The Latin word was borrowed from Greek émblēma, a derivative of embállein ‘throw in, put in, insert’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix en- ‘in’ and bállein ‘throw’ (source of the second syllable of English problem, and closely related to that of symbol). => problem, symbol
emblem (n.)
1580s, "relief, raised ornament on vessels, etc.," from Latin emblema "inlaid ornamental work," from Greek emblema (genitive emblematos) "an insertion," from emballein "to insert," literally "to throw in," from assimilated form of en "in" (see en- (2)) + ballein "to throw" (see ballistics). Meaning "allegorical drawing or picture" is from 1730, via sense development in French emblème "symbol" (16c.).
双语例句
1. The flame is a quasi-religious emblem of immortality.
火焰可以算作不朽的宗教象征。
来自柯林斯例句
2. America's national emblem, the bald eagle
美国的国徽—白头鹫
来自《权威词典》
3. Her shirt has the company emblem on it.
她的衬衫印有公司的标记.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The bald eagle is the emblem of US.
秃鹰是美国的徽标.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The eagle was an emblem of strength and courage.
