effigy
音标['efidʒi]
汉语翻译
n. 肖像, 雕像
词型变化
名词复数:effigies
英语解释
名词 effigy:
- a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)同义词：image, simulacrum
例句
- A figure made of wax, especially a life-size wax effigy of a famous person.蜡像蜡制的像，尤指与真人大小一样的名人蜡像
- During the war, the president was sometimes burned in effigy in some cities.在战争期间，一些城市有时焚烧总统的模拟像。
- The king was burned in effigy by the angry mob.国王的模拟像被愤怒的民众烧掉以泄心中的愤恨。
- Burn a person in effigy.焚烧某人的肖像以泄恨。
详细解释
ef.fi.gy
n.（名词）【复数】 ef.fi.gies A crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group.雕像：代表可憎的人或一群人的粗糙的图象或木偶A likeness or image, especially of a person.肖像：模拟画或肖像，特别是指人
<习惯用语>in effigy
Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy:模拟像：象征性的，特别是以模拟像的形式：例句：The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.群众焚烧退位独裁者的模拟像
来源：French effigie 法语 effigie from Latin effigiôs [likeness] 源自 拉丁语 effigiôs [相象] from effingere [to portray] 源自 effingere [描绘] ex- [ex-] ex- [前缀，表.从前的.] fingere [to shape] * see dheigh- fingere [使成形] *参见 dheigh-
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