typify

verb

/ˈtɪpɪfaɪ/

not usually used in the progressive tenses通常不用於進行時

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they typify	/ˈtɪpɪfaɪ/ /ˈtɪpɪfaɪ/
he / she / it typifies	/ˈtɪpɪfaɪz/ /ˈtɪpɪfaɪz/
past simple typified	/ˈtɪpɪfaɪd/ /ˈtɪpɪfaɪd/
past participle typified	/ˈtɪpɪfaɪd/ /ˈtɪpɪfaɪd/
-ing form typifying	/ˈtɪpɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈtɪpɪfaɪɪŋ/

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typify something to be a typical example of something作爲…的典型；是…的典範
- clothes that typify the 1960s20 世紀 60 年代典型的服裝
- the new style of politician, typified by the Prime Minister以首相爲代表的新型政治家風格
typify something to be a typical feature of something成爲…的特征
- the haunting guitar melodies that typify the band’s music反映這個樂隊音樂特色的萦繞心頭的吉他樂曲

Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin typus (from Greek tupos ‘impression, figure, type’, from tuptein ‘to strike’) + -fy.