icon

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

icon [icon icons] BrE [ˈaɪkɒn] NAmE [ˈaɪkɑːn] noun
1. (computing)a small symbol on a computer screen that represents a program or a file
•Click on the printer icon with the mouse.
2. a famous person or thing that people admire and see as a symbol of a particular idea, way of life, etc
•Madonna and other pop icons of the 1980s
•a feminist/gay icon (= sb that feminists/gay people admire)
3. (also ikon) (in the Orthodox Church)a painting or statue of a holy person that is also thought of as a holy object
See also: ↑ikon

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘simile’): via Latin from Greek eikōn ‘likeness, image’. Current senses date from the mid 19th cent. onwards.

Example Bank:
•Did you click on the icon next to the name of the file?
•I dragged the icon into the recycle bin.
•Sandra has become a style icon, for the fashion world particularly.
•a feminist/gay icon

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ikon, picture, image