typical
['tipikl]
a. 典型, 象征性

[医] 典型



typical
[ adj ]

1. exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category

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a typical American girl
a typical suburban community
the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year
a painting typical of the Impressionist school
a typical romantic poem
a typical case of arteritis

2. of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing

<adj.all>
Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor
that is typical of you!

3. conforming to a type

<adj.all>
the typical (or normal) American
typical teenage behavior

Typical \Typ"ic*al\, a. [L. typicus, Gr. ?, from ? type: cf. F.
typique. See {Type}.]
1. Of the nature of a type; representing something by a form,
model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.

The Levitical priesthood was only typical of the
Christian. --Atterbury.

2. (Nat. Hist.) Combining or exhibiting the essential
characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus.
※ -- {Typ"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
{Typ"ic*al*ness}, n.