英语词汇“spitting image”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

spitting image

noun informal

The exact double of (another person or thing): she’s the spitting image of her mum...

Jake is the spitting image of his long-lost twin brother, who was killed on a recent mission.
Not only was the name an exact match-up, he also was the spitting image of the man in the courtroom sketch that had been provided in the book.
I was a spitting image of mum and he couldn't stand to see me there, her exact replica, and not have her there herself.

Origin

Late 19th century: originally as the spit of or the spit and image of; perhaps from the idea of a person apparently being formed from the spit of another, so great is the similarity between them.

单词	spitting image
释义	spitting image noun informal The exact double of (another person or thing): she’s the spitting image of* her mum... Jake is the spitting image of his long-lost twin brother, who was killed on a recent mission. Not only was the name an exact match-up, he also was the spitting image of the man in the courtroom sketch that had been provided in the book. I was a spitting image of mum and he couldn't stand to see me there, her exact replica, and not have her there herself. Origin Late 19th century: originally as the spit of* or the spit and image of; perhaps from the idea of a person apparently being formed from the spit of another, so great is the similarity between them.
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