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effigy

音標['efid?i] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 肖像, 雕像

詞型變化：

名詞複數:effigies 

英文解釋：

名詞 effigy:

  1. a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
    同義詞：image, simulacrum

例句：

  1. A figure made of wax, especially a life-size wax effigy of a famous person.
    蠟像蠟制的像，尤指與真人大小一樣的名人蠟像
  2. During the war, the president was sometimes burned in effigy in some cities.
    在戰爭期間，一些城市有時焚燒總統的模擬像。
  3. The king was burned in effigy by the angry mob.
    國王的模擬像被憤怒的民眾燒掉以泄心中的憤恨。
  4. Burn a person in effigy.
    焚燒某人的肖像以泄恨。

詳細解釋：


ef.fi.gy

n.（名詞）
【複數】 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圖象或木偶
A likeness or image, especially of a person.
肖像：模擬畫或肖像，特別是指人

<習慣用語>in effigy
Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy:
模擬像：象徵性的，特別是以模擬像的形式：
例句：
The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.
民眾焚燒退位 * 的模擬像

來源：
French effigie
法文 effigie
from Latin effigiôs [likeness]
源自 拉丁語 effigiôs [相象]
from effingere [to portray]
源自 effingere [描繪]
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前綴，表.從前的.]
fingere [to shape] * see dheigh-
fingere [使成形] *參見 dheigh-

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