icon: [16] The etymological idea underlying icon is of ‘similarity’. It comes via Latin īcōn from Greek eikón, which was derived from a prehistoric base meaning ‘be like’. From ‘likeness, similarity’, eikón progressed semantically via ‘image’ to ‘portrait, picture’. That was the general sense in which English acquired the word (‘The Icon, or forme of the same birde, I have caused thus to bee figured’, John Bossewell, Workes of Armorie 1572), and it was not until the early 19th century that the particular application to a ‘sacred portrait in the Eastern Orthodox church’ entered the language.
icon (n.)
also ikon, 1570s, "image, figure, representation," from Late Latin icon, from Greek eikon "likeness, image, portrait," related to eikenai "be like, look like," of unknown origin. Eastern Church sense is attested from 1833. Computing sense first recorded 1982.
中文解释
icon 【爱看】图象符号，图标
实用例句
1. Double click on the icon to open the file.
双击图标打开文件。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Click the square icon again to minimize the window.
再次点击正方形图标，把窗口最小化。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Only Marilyn has proved as enduring a fashion icon.
