trophy

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tro·phy /ˈtrəʊfi $ ˈtroʊ-/ noun (plural trophies) [countableC]

DSWINa large object such as a silver cup or plate that someone receives as a prize for winning a competition 〔比賽等赢得的〕獎杯，獎牌

walls lined with banners and athletic trophies

擺滿錦旗和運動獎杯的牆

Football League/Masters/Heisman etc Trophy (=the name given to a particular competition for which the prize is a trophy) 英格蘭足球聯賽錦標/大師杯/海斯曼杯等

→4 See picture of 見圖 PRIZE 1 →5 see picture at 見圖 cup1

2 DLREMEMBERsomething that you keep to prove your success in something, especially in war or hunting 〔尤指戰爭或狩獵中的〕戰利品；獵獲物；勝利紀念品

A lion’s head was among the trophies of his African trip.

他非洲之行的戰利品之一是個獅頭。

3. trophy wife informal a young beautiful woman who is married to a rich successful man who is much older than her – used to show disapproval 花瓶妻子〔指嫁給比自己年長許多的有錢人的年輕漂亮女子；含貶義〕

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trophy wife• Unless it would be for wealthy men interested in acquiring as trophy wives lapsed radicals who look great in workout gear.• The resort was full of doctors and lawyers with their trophy wives.

n4 trophy property/artwork/client etc informal a property, piece of art, client etc that is very desirable and gives a lot of status to the person who has it

a rare opportunity to acquire a trophy property in this prestigious location

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trophy• He kept the antlers as a trophy.• The legion presented a trophy and certificates to students and staff.• the NCAA championship trophy• It is filled with newspaper clippings of championships, trophies and pictures of a younger Impastato, hair as black as ink.• They became the first British team to win a major European trophy.• The winner went to receive her trophy.• Illegal trophy hunting ran out of control and 80 per cent of the Serengeti's elephants died.• The winner of the senior international receives a cheque for £5,000, the Freeman Jackson trophy and the Waterford Crystal trophy.• And the trophy was taken, in a winning time of sixty four seconds, by a team from Winchester.• Team Components Bureau and Streamline Hazlehead meet in the other semi-final, neither side having won the trophy.• For their efforts, the winners each received Head Discovery rackets with bags, together with trophies.• Broadus was given the male artist of the year trophy in 1994 at the Billboard Music Awards.

Origin trophy

(1500-1600) French trophée, from Latin tropaeum, from Greek, from trope “turning, defeating”, from trepein “to turn”

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