单词 | simulacrum |
释义 | simulacrumn. 1. A material image, made as a representation of some deity, person, or thing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue likenessOE imagec1225 figurea1300 signa1382 statuea1393 staturea1393 statutea1393 statutec1430 statuac1450 picture1517 idol1548 portraiture1548 pattern1582 portrait1585 icon1587 monument1594 simulacrum1599 statuary1599 plastic1686 make1890 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 229 The Heathen them~selves call them every where the Effigies and Simulachra of other. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin II. i. 18 The far-famed simulacrum, (the image of Cybele,) which fell from Heaven. 1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Oct. 11 The dead-alive gape, stare, and hue of the lumpish simulacrums of a wax show. 1887 B. V. Head Historia Numorum 634 The mountain is flanked by two tall conical simulacra, with radiate summits. 2. a. Something having merely the form or appearance of a certain thing, without possessing its substance or proper qualities. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [noun] > unsubstantiality or lack of substance > something lacking substance > mere appearance or image of something shadow?c1225 shade1297 phantomc1384 moonshine1468 fume1531 show1547 eggs in moonshine?1558 smoke1559 sign1597 ghost1613 umbra1635 parhelion1636 bogle1793 simulacrum1805 phantasmagoria1821 spectre1849 1805 Edinb. Rev. 7 183 Does he mean..films, shadows, or simulacra proceeding from real external existences. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 181 An ambitious charlatan, perversity and simulacrum. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 205 It behoved men to quit simulacra and return to fact. 1861 W. M. Thackeray Four Georges iv. 169 Nothing but a coat and wig and a mask smiling below it—nothing but a great simulacrum. 1881 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 235 The true succession lies with those who carry the principles of the master to a more fruitful development, and not with those who embalm them as..sacred but sterile simulacra. b. A mere image, a specious imitation or likeness, of something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > simulation > [noun] > one who or that which simulates simular1526 image1548 simulacrum1833 simulant1860 simulator1899 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > instance of showa1500 making-upa1525 shine?1529 face1542 varnish1565 copy of one's countenance1579 false1598 mock-beggar1603 mockerya1616 umbrage1634 simulacrum1833 phoney war1939 1833 Edinb. Rev. 57 334 Some spirit of life breathed into their simulacrum of a faith. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 329 Nightly we lay down our gold, to fashion forth simulacra of peasants, in gay ribands and white bodices. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. vi. 233 He is become a mere enchanted simulacrum of a Duke. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures & Piccadilly III. vi. 86 A vehicle..that appeared to be the mere simulacrum of a vehicle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1599 |
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