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单词 effigy
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ef•fi•gy /ˈɛfɪdʒi/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -gies. 
  1. a representation or image, esp. of someone who is disliked, used for ridicule:The protesters burned effigies of the dictator during the riots.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ef•fi•gy  (ef′i jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies. 
  1. a representation or image, esp. sculptured, as on a monument.
  2. a crude representation of someone disliked, used for purposes of ridicule.
  3. Idioms in effigy, in public view in the form of an effigy:a leader hanged in effigy by the mob.
  • Latin effigia, equivalent. to effig- (ef- ef- + fig- shape, form; see figure) + -ia -y3
  • Middle French)
  • 1530–40; (
ef•fig•i•al  (i fij′ē əl),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
effigy /ˈɛfɪdʒɪ/ n ( pl -gies)
  1. a portrait of a person, esp as a monument or architectural decoration
  2. a crude representation of someone, used as a focus for contempt or ridicule and often hung up or burnt in public (often in the phrases burn or hang in effigy)
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin effigiēs, from effingere to form, portray, from fingere to shape
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