effigy
/ˈefɪdʒɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1- a sculpture or model of a person(人的)雕像, 模拟像:
a tomb effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
阿基坦的埃莉诺的墓碑雕像。
1.1
- a roughly made model of a particular person that is made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger(用来毁掉以示抗议或憎恨的)模拟像:
the minister was burned in effigy.
部长的模拟像被烧毁。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin effigies, from effingere 'to fashion (artistically)', from ex- 'out' + fingere 'to shape'.