1. something that represents or stands for something else, usually by convention or association, esp a material object used to represent something abstract 2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an object, person, idea, etc, used in a literary work, film, etc, to stand for or suggest some...
第三段第一句是本段主题句:Almost all countries in the world have an animal symbol represent the country, and it is particularly obvious during sports.在世界上几乎所有的国家都有一个动物符号代表这个国家,在体育运动中尤为明显。所以A项"Australia is famous for kangaroos, of course. 当然,澳大利亚最有...
三、七选五 【解题导语】 本文属于说明文,介绍了中国的象征动物龙和一 些其他国家的象征动物 1.E 【解题思路】 根据下文中的"how dragons killed brave knights (骑士)and ate beautiful young women"可知,在西方人眼中,龙具 有攻击性。 故E项符合语境,且与下文中的"For Chinese people however"形成对比 2. D...
Women around a Meeting Place Men around a Meeting Place Tracks Parallel lines linking circles symbolise the journey route people take between a series of locations. Wavy lines represent water running between two sites. Travel was controlled by recognizing features in the landscape which signified when...
In a historical odyssey that she illustrated herself, Millman traces the evolution of branding, from cave paintings to flags to beer labels and beyond. She explores the power of symbols to unite people, beginning with prehistoric communities who used them to represent beliefs and identify ...
Ancient Chinese systems use the pentagram to represent the five elements.Rather than air, fire, water, and earth, the elements are wood, air, fire, earth, and metal in Eastern societies. The ancient Greeks associate the pentagram with the elements.The elements are as Matter (Earth), Energy ...
Effectively they wrote thatEarth,Air,Fire,WaterandAether (Spirit or Quintessence)make up everything in the world. Alchemists of the time then made four triangular symbols to represent all but Spirit, whose form remains elusive even with all our technological gee-gaws. ...
We might feel a need to move away from those who bring us down, those who concentrate on (or only see) the negative. Jupiter is on a very interesting degree that often brings up women's issues - Scorpio 20: A WOMAN DRAWING ASIDE TWO DARK CURTAINS THAT CLOSED THE ENTRANCE TO A SACRED...
You’re Pregnant and Happy: "Symbolizes an aspect of yourself or some aspect of your personal life that is growing and developing. You may not be ready to talk about it or act on it. Being pregnant in your dream may also represent the birth of a new idea, direction, ...
Water's significance differs between poems. Yeats sometimes uses it to represent another world and devotes his attention to species that are able to move in and out of water: dolphins, which breathe air, and swans that both fly and swim. Yeats places this movement between water and air paral...