| 单词 | replica |
| 释义 | replica (once / 2280 pages) n A replica of something is a close — sometimes exact — likeness. The "Mona Lisa" that you bought at the department store is not the original but a replica of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece. Sorry, but you can always take it back. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, a replica is pure adulation. Someone creating a replica is creating an imitation of the original. The word first appeared in 17th-century Italy, taking its meaning from the word replicare, "to reply or repeat," as used in music. In time, it came to mean a copy, often of a work of art. In a stricter sense, the word refers to a copy created or supervised by the artist of the original work. WORD FAMILYreplica: replicas, replicate+/replicate: replicated, replicates, replicating, replication/replication: replications USAGE EXAMPLESA collection of nine black powder rifles, replicas of the sort used in the Revolutionary and Civil wars. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Now the authority is spending about that much to remove the old sign and replace it with a more efficient one that’s an exact replica. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) The tiny lakeside town of Port Clinton, Ohio, will celebrate the new year by dropping a 20-foot-long, 600-pound replica of a walleye fish. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) n copy that is not the original; something that has been copied Syn|Hypo|Hyper replication, reproduction toy a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier) copy a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing |
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