effigy是什么意思？

effigy

英[ˈefɪdʒi] 美[ˈɛfədʒi]

• n. （人的）雕像，模拟像，肖像；

复数：effigies;

例句

• 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.
• Burn a person in effigy. 焚烧某人的肖像以泄恨.
• 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.

词组

• 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

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (人的)雕像,模拟像,肖像
  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。

英英词典释义

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