英文词源
- paragon
- paragon: [16] When we say someone is a ‘paragon of virtue’ – a perfect example of virtue, able to stand comparison with any other – we are unconsciously using the long-dead metaphor of ‘sharpening’ them against others. The word comes via archaic French paragon and Italian paragone from medieval Greek parakónē ‘sharpening stone, whetstone’. Thīs was a derivative of parakonan, a compound verb formed from pará ‘alongside’ and akonan ‘sharpen’ (a descendant of the same base, *ak- ‘be pointed’, as produced English acid, acute, etc), which as well as meaning literally ‘sharpen against’ was also used figuratively for ‘compare’.
=> acid, acute, eager, oxygen - paragon (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French paragon "a model, pattern of excellence" (15c., Modern French parangon), from Italian paragone, originally "touchstone to test gold" (early 14c.), from paragonare "to test on a touchstone, compare," from Greek parakonan "to sharpen, whet," from para- "on the side" (see para- (1)) + akone "whetstone," from PIE root *ak- "sharp, pointed" (see acrid).
中文词源
paragon（模范）：用来检验金子纯度的试金石
古代西方人为了检验金子的纯度，常常使用一种用纹理细密的深色玉石做成的试金石（touchstone）。将要检验的金子在试金石上摩擦，根据划痕的颜色来判断金子的纯度。这种试金石在意大利语中被称为paragone，它来自希腊语parakonan，由para（在一旁）+ akone（磨石）构成。英语单词paragon就来自意大利语paragone，本意就是这种试金石。因为试金石是衡量价值的标准，因此衍生出“完美之物、模范”之意。
paragon： ['pærəg(ə)n] n.完美之物，模范，试金石adj.完美的
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paragon：完人，典范
来自意大利语paragone,磨刀石，试金石，来自para-,在旁，在周围，-ag,尖的，磨，来自PIE*ak,尖的，锋利的，词源同acid,acrid.引申词义典范，完人，圣人。