trophy

• n. 獎品；戰利品；紀念品
• vt. 用戰利品裝飾
• adj. 顯示身份的；有威望的
• n. (Trophy)人名；(法)特羅菲

來自拉丁語 trophaeum,勝利標誌，紀念碑，紀念品，來自希臘語 trope,潰敗，打敗，戰爭的 轉折，來自 PIE*trep,轉，來自 PIE*ter,轉，詞源同 turn,trope.後引申詞義戰利品，獎品等。

trophy

trophy: [16] A trophy is etymologically something awarded to commemorate the enemy’s ‘turning round’ and running away. The word comes via French trophée and Latin trophaeum from Greek trópaion ‘monument to the enemy’s defeat’. This was a noun use of the adjective tropaíos ‘of turning’, a derivative of tropé ‘turning’, hence ‘turning back the enemy’ (source also of English tropic).
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trophy (n.)

1510s, "a spoil or prize of war," from Middle French trophée (15c.) from Latin trophaeum "a sign of victory, monument," originally tropaeum, from Greek tropaion "monument of an enemy's defeat," noun use of neuter of adjective tropaios "of defeat, causing a rout," from trope "a rout," originally "a turning" (of the enemy); see trope. In ancient Greece, spoils or arms taken in battle and set up on the field and dedicated to a god. Figurative extension to any token or memorial of victory is first recorded 1560s. As "a symbolic representation of a classical trophy" from 1630s. Trophy wife attested by 1984.

1. The silver trophy was donated by a Leicester businessman.

銀製獎杯是由一個萊斯特的商人捐贈的。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He had heard that the trophy had been sold.

他聽說獎杯已經被賣掉了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He finished third in the Tote Gold Trophy.

他在托特黃金大獎賽中獲得季軍。

來自柯林斯例句

4. His name was inscribed on the trophy.

他的名字刻在獎杯上。

來自《權威詞典》

5. The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.

那隻獎杯是該公司很珍惜的獎品.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》