typify
verb- typify something
to be a typical example of something 作为…的典型；是…的典范 clothes that typify the 1960s 20 世纪 60 年代典型的服装 the new style of politician, typified by the Prime Minister 以首相为代表的新型政治家风格
- typify something
to be a typical feature of something 成为…的特征 the haunting guitar melodies that typify the band’s music 反映这个乐队音乐特色的萦绕心头的吉他乐曲
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin typus (from Greek tupos ‘impression, figure, type’, from tuptein ‘to strike’) + -fy.