trophy

• n. 奖品；战利品；纪念品
• vt. 用战利品装饰
• adj. 显示身份的；有威望的
• n. (Trophy)人名；(法)特罗菲

来自拉丁语 trophaeum,胜利标志，纪念碑，纪念品，来自希腊语 trope,溃败，打败，战争的 转折，来自 PIE*trep,转，来自 PIE*ter,转，词源同 turn,trope.后引申词义战利品，奖品等。

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.

银制奖杯是由一个莱斯特的商人捐赠的。

来自柯林斯例句

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

他听说奖杯已经被卖掉了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He finished third in the Tote Gold Trophy.

他在托特黄金大奖赛中获得季军。

来自柯林斯例句

4. His name was inscribed on the trophy.

他的名字刻在奖杯上。

来自《权威词典》

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

那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品.

来自《简明英汉词典》