effigy

英 [ˈefɪdʒi]

美 [ˈefɪdʒi]

n.  (名人、圣人或神的)雕像，塑像; (丑化人的)模拟像，画像

复数：effigies　

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BNC.19281 / COCA.18533

牛津词典

noun

• （名人、圣人或神的）雕像，塑像
  a statue of a famous person, a saint or a god
  1. stone effigies in the church
     教堂里的石雕像
• （丑化人的）模拟像，画像
  a model of a person that makes them look ugly
  1. The demonstrators burned a crude effigy of the president.
     示威者焚毁了总统的丑化像。

柯林斯词典

• （丑化憎恶之人的）仿真像，模拟像
  Aneffigyis a quickly and roughly made figure, often ugly or amusing, that represents someone you hate or feel contempt for.
• （名人）雕像，塑像
  Aneffigyis a statue or carving of a famous person.

英英释义

noun

• a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
  1. the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln
  2. the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone
  Synonym:imagesimulacrum

双语例句

• Chicago bosses were hanged in effigy.
  芝加哥大亨们的仿真像被绞死了。
• The Lady Dowager's gift was a purse containing a small golden effigy of the God of Learning symbolizing literary talent and harmony. letter ( and sets there of), of base metal ( excl. printers 'and typewriter type)
  “贾母又与了一个荷包并一个金魁星，取”“文星和合”“之意.”字母（及其组合），贱金属制（不包括打印机和打字机的活字）
• I saw this dead, naked effigy of himself hanging from the ceiling.
  我看到一个他自己的、死去的裸体雕像挂在天花板上。
• A coin with her effigy on it.
  带有她雕像的一枚硬币。
• The coin bears an effigy of Lincoln; the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone.
  硬币上刻着林肯的肖像。
• The man who had broken off the head of the Black Dragon's effigy ( the god is worshipped in a human-looking form, as shown in the picture above) had his head blown off when a factory boiler exploded.
  破坏黑龙王龙头（在上图中崇拜的神像被塑造成类似人的样子）的人在一次工厂锅炉爆炸被炸掉了脑袋。
• Few protesters are burning senators in effigy, as they were a century ago, and a voluntary armistice between the two parties seems an even more remote prospect than that.
  现在很少有反对者像几个世纪前那样点燃参议员的肖像以泄愤，同时两党间自愿的休战看起来暂时也是不大可能的。
• There the effigy stands, and stares from age to age across the changing ocean.
  雕像依然耸立在那儿，千秋万载地凝视着那变幻无常的大海。
• Thus did mere businessmen enter the ranks of great leaders, warriors, philosophers and poets, achieving immortality in an effigy.
  的确，很少有商人能进入伟大的领袖、战士、哲人和诗人之列，并在塑像中成就不朽的声名。
• Seldom does a day go by when I'm not burned in effigy.
  每天都有人烧我的刍像。