名詞 quintessence:

1. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
   同義詞：ether
2. the purest and most concentrated essence of something
3. the most typical example or representative of a type

1. Her book captures the quintessence of Renaissance humanism.
   她的書抓住了文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期人文主義的精髓。
2. He is the quintessence oftact and politeness.
   他處世謙恭得體。

quin.tes.sence

n.（名詞）
The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing.
精華，精髓：事物純正的、高度濃縮的精粹
The purest or most typical instance:
典型：最純正或最典型的例子：
例句：
the quintessence of evil.
罪惡的化身

In ancient and medieval philosophy, the fifth and highest essence after the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, thought to be the substance of the heavenly bodies and latent in all things.
第五種要素：在古代和中世紀(jì)的哲學(xué)中，除了土、空氣、火和水四大基本元素以外的第五種也是最高的精髓，被認(rèn)為是天體的組成物質(zhì)并潛伏在于所有事物之中

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French quinte essence [fifth essence]
源自 古法語 quinte essence [第五種要素]
from Medieval Latin quonta essentia
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 quonta essentia
Latin quonta [feminine of] quontus [fifth] * see penk we
拉丁語 quonta [] quontus的陰性詞 [第五] *參見 penk we
Latin essentia [essence] translation of Greek pemptô ousia * see essence
拉丁語 essentia [本質(zhì)] 希臘語 pemptô ousia的翻譯 *參見 essence