单词 | effigy |
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音标 | ['efidʒi] |
解释 | n. 模拟像,肖像 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 模拟像(a portrait statue of a person) 【记】 ef+fig(形状)+y→照 形造出的→假人 【同】 同根词: figment(虚构) |
字源 | effigy (n.) 1530s, "image of a person," from Middle French effigie (13c.), from Latin effigies "copy or imitation of something, likeness," from or related to effingere "mold, fashion, portray," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + fingere "to form, shape" (see fiction). The Latin word was regarded as plural and the -s was lopped off by 18c. Specifically associated with burning, hanging, etc., at least since 1670s. |
不择手段背单词 | n. (代表可憎的人的粗糙的)图像或木偶; 肖像 【记】ef出, fig人, 肖像, 形状 【参】figment(n 臆造事; 虚构事); figure(n 外形; 轮廓; 画像) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】ef + figure 体形,画像 →不好的画像 |
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