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ikon n. 圣像;画像;肖像;插画;图 圣像;画像;肖像;插画;图 ikon n 1: a visual representation ( of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; " they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; " a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" [ synonym: { picture}, { image}, { icon}, { ikon}] 2: a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church [ synonym: { icon}, { ikon}] icon \ i" con\ ([ imac]" k[ o^] n), n. [ Also spelled { ikon}.] [ L., fr. Gr. e' ikw` n.] 1. An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait. [ 1913 Webster] Netherlands whose names and icons are published. -- Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Gr. Ch.) A sacred picture representing the Virgin Mary, Christ, a saint, or a martyr, and having the same function as an image of such a person in the Latin Church. The term is used especially for a highly stylized and conventionalized representation of a holy person, rich in symbolism and used in devotional services in many of the eastern Orthodox churches, especially the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. PJC] 3. a symbol, especially a symbol whose form suggests its meaning or the object it represents. [ PJC] 4. ( Computers) a graphical symbol for a data object whose form suggests the nature or function of the object; especially, such a symbol as viewed on the computer screen. Note: In a graphical user interface, pointing to and clicking on an icon may cause any of several types of actions, such as opening a file or executing a program, depending on how the icon properties are defined. [ PJC] 5. any object of uncritical devotion. [ PJC] The former congresswoman and Vice- Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro is still an icon to many party members. -- The New York Times, April 16, 1998 [ PJC] 6. an outstanding example of something which has come to represent the class of things to which it belongs; a paragon; used of persons as well as objects. [ PJC]
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