emblem

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em·blem /ˈembləm/ noun [countableC]

1 AVDa picture, shape, or object that is used to represent a country, organization etc 〔用来代表国家、团体等的〕标志，徽章，纹章 → logo

emblem of

The national emblem of Canada is a maple leaf.

加拿大的国家象征是枫叶。

2 SIGN/SYMBOLsomething that represents an idea, principle, or situation 〔代表一种观念、原则或情况的〕标志，象征 SYN symbol

emblem of

Expensive cars are seen as an emblem of success.

豪华汽车被视为成功的标志。

Examples from the Corpus

emblem• However, they do not establish themselves as an emblem to the overall design.• It was an exclusive circle of friends as well as an emblem of a time and place.• In addition, a gun is an emblem of the male as hunter.• The skyscrapers of Manhattan dazzled him as emblems of Western industrial progress.• A stratagem I learnt early in my life was to hoard every emblem of success and destroy all evidence of failure.• The family floral emblem included the Juniper.• Embroidered all over with gold and silver threads, it incorporates a Garter emblem.• The jacket had a tiny Olympic emblem on the pocket.• Scotland's emblem is the thistle.• The hammer and sickle is the emblem of the Communist Party.• Part of this conquest involved reducing the complex and archaic Goddesses to emblems of particular qualities.

emblem of• Many Californians view the mountain lion as an emblem of the state's vanishing wilderness.• The hammer and sickle is the emblem of the Communist Party.

Origin emblem

(1400-1500) Latin emblema “design set into a surface”, from Greek emballein “to put in”

em·blem noun

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