释义
[ fak-sim -uh -lee ] SHOW IPA
/ fækˈsɪm ə li / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
Also called fax . Telecommunications . a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere. an image transmitted by such a method. dropout (def. 5).
verb (used with object), fac·sim·i·led, fac·sim·i·le·ing. to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.
adjective Also fax . Telecommunications . (of an image) copied by means of facsimile: facsimile mail. (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile: facsimile transmission. Origin of facsimile 1655–65; earlier fac simile make the like, equivalent to Latin fac (imperative of facere ) + simile, noun use of neuter of similis like; see simile
SYNONYMS FOR facsimile 1 replica, likeness.
1, 4 duplicate.
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Words nearby facsimile faconne, F.A.C.P., FACR, FACS, facsim., facsimile , facsimile catalog, facsimile machine, facsimile transmission, FACSM, fact
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Example sentences from the Web for facsimile The voters should receive some rough facsimile of the agenda they voted for, as that’s what allows them to decide how to vote in future elections.
The definitive case for ending the filibuster | Ezra Klein| October 1, 2020| Vox
Colbert is back filming on a facsimile of his real set, though not in his usual studio, and he’s performing for an audience that includes his most trusted producers and his family.
One Good Thing: Stephen Colbert is looser, funnier, and angrier in quarantine | Emily VanDerWerff| September 4, 2020| Vox
A Daily Mail writer, wearing a facsimile of the dress, said it was sculpted to her body, but not restrictively so.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress | Tim Teeman| December 12, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Did you see the Monitor last night and that facsimile they gave away with it?
In the Mayor's Parlour | J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
Even the fine half-tone process of this facsimile cannot reproduce its delicacy.
The Origin of Finger-Printing | William J. Herschel
This grinning little deity--the facsimile of an Indian idol--must express their idea of the Penates.
(verses from fourth edition printed, part of title in facsimile reprint).
Prices of Books | Henry B. Wheatley
After a facsimile had been taken, it was resold to an American collector.
Prices of Books | Henry B. Wheatley
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British Dictionary definitions for facsimile noun an exact copy or reproduction (as modifier ) a facsimile publication an image produced by facsimile transmission
verb -les , -leing or -led (tr) to make an exact copy of
Word Origin for facsimile C17: from Latin fac simile! make something like it!, from facere to make + similis similar, like
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