figurative. An image or likeness of something. Obsolete (Manx English in later use).
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > image of a person or thing (24) print1340 figurative. An image or likeness of something. Obsolete (Manx English in later use). imagec1384 A thing or (now esp.) person in which the aspect, form, or character of another is reproduced; an exact likeness; a counterpart, copy. similitude?a1425 The form, appearance, or image of someone or something; semblance, likeness. Frequently with of or possessive. Now somewhat rare. picturec1475 figurative. With of or genitive. A person who strongly resembles another; a person who appears to be a likeness or image of someone or something… similitudeness1547 (a) likeness (= sense 4a) (obsolete); (b) similarity (= sense 5a). portrait1567 figurative. Something which represents, typifies, or resembles the object described or implied; a type; a likeness. Now rare. idol1590 A counterpart, likeness, imitation; = image, n. 4 7b Obsolete. model1594 Something which accurately resembles or represents something else, esp. on a small scale; a person or thing that is the likeness of another… self-imagea1672 An identical likeness; a reflection. Obsolete. rare. duplicate1701 Generally, a thing which is the exact counterpart or ‘double’ of another reckoned the original or primary specimen; one of two or more specimens of… moral1751 colloquial. A counterpart, a likeness. Chiefly in the very moral of——. Cf. model, n. 2a. ditto1776 Hence as n. A duplicate or copy; an exact resemblance; a similar thing. fetch1787 The apparition, double, or wraith of a living person; see quot. 1825. double1798 A thing that is an exact repetition of another. A counterpart; an image, or exact copy (of a thing or person). fetch-like1841 Combination. fetch-like n. = sense 1. splitting image1880 splitting image, an exact likeness. Also (dialect) splitten image. Cf. spitting image n. at spitting, adj. compounds 2. spitting image1901 alteration of spitten image (see spitten, adj.). Cf. splitting image at splitting, adj. 5. spit1929 With addition of fetch, image, picture. spit and image: see also image, n. 7. Also spit image and absol. spit. Cf. the (later) forms spitten image… split-image1950 (a) an image in a rangefinder or focusing system that has been bisected by optical means, the halves of which are displaced when the system is out… clone1977 colloquial. A person regarded as an exact copy of another; esp. one who slavishly imitates another (frequently with defining word, esp. a name). Subcategories:— shadow (4) |
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