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单词 effigy
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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'.
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