| 释义 |
ef·fi·gy
I. \ˈefəjē, -ji\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French effigie, from Latin effigies, from effingere to form, fashion, portray, from ex- + fingere to form, shape — more at dough
: a full or partial representation especially of a person: as
a. : a sculptured likeness
< the old man himself sits in bronze effigy on a cornerstone — Lawrence Constable >
b. : a portrait on a coin
< in those distant days when the only representation of the sovereign was a rough-drawn effigy on coin or seal — R.T.B.Fulford >
c. : a crude figure often in the form of a stuffed dummy that is tortured or disposed of (as by burning or hanging) to represent treatment felt to be due to a person who is the object of hatred — see guy IV 1
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
: to represent by an effigy |