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

单词	in effigy
释义	in effigy Symbolically. For example, That umpire was completely unfair—let's burn him in effigy. Now used only figuratively, this term formerly signified a way of carrying out the sentence of a criminal who had escaped, such as burn in effigy or hang in effigy. A dummy was made of the criminal or a detested political figure and subjected to the prescribed punishment. [c. 1600] Words nearby in effigy ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficacy, inefficiency, inefficient, in effigy, inegalitarian, inelastic, inelastic collision, inelastic demand, inelastic scattering The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
随便看	otherize other man otherness other ranks other side of the coin other side of the tracks other than other things being equal other way round, the otherwhere otherwhile otherwise other woman other world otherworldly othin othman othman i othniel otho i othoniel otic otic capsule otic ganglion otic vesicle

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