having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing 典型的;有代表性的 a typical day. 典型的一天。 a typical example of 1930s art deco. 20世纪30年代装饰艺术的典型范例。 typical symptoms. 典型症状。 ■characteristic of a particular person or thing (人,物)特有的,独特的 he brushed the incident aside with typical good humour. 他以独特的好脾性将此事件搁置一边。 ■(informal)showing the characteristics expected of or popularly associated with a particular person, situation, or thing (非正式)(表明特定人、情况或物会有的)典型的;特有的 ‘Typical woman!’ John said disapprovingly. ‘典型的小女人!’约翰不满地说。 ■representative as a symbol; symbolic 象征性的 the pit is typical of hell. 深渊是地狱的象征。
派生 typicality [-ˈkalɪti] noun typically adverb
她一如既往,毫不惊慌 [sentence adverb]typically, she showed no alarm. 典型的英国式坚定与克制。
语源
early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin typicalis, via Latin from Greek tupikos, from tupos (see type)