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ef·fi·gy
e f ji
复数:effigies
noun
a likeness of a person, usu. sculpted, as on a tomb.In the chapel, we viewed a marble effigy of the queen with her hands folded in prayer.
a constructed figure that represents a hated or despised person and that is often burned or hanged to express public condemnation of this person.The enraged citizens hung an effigy of the mayor and set it on fire.
"人的形象",来自1530年的法语 effigie(13世纪),源自拉丁语 effigies “复制或模仿某物,相似,形象,雕像”,源自或与 effingere “塑造,时尚,描绘”有关,源自 ex “出”(见 ex-) + fingere “形成,塑造”(源自 PIE 根 *dheigh- “形成,建造”)。
这个拉丁词被视为复数形式,18世纪时 -s 被削减。特别是用填充物制成的人物形象; 它们的燃烧或悬挂可追溯到1670年代。以前由司法当局作为象征性惩罚逃脱其管辖权的罪犯; 后来成为针对被认为令人讨厌的人的一种流行表达。相关: Effigial。
borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French effigie, borrowed from Latin effigiēs "representation, copy, specter," from effig-, variant stem of effingere "to shape, portray, copy" (from ef-, variant before f of ex- ex- >entry 1 + fingere "to mold, fashion, make a likeness of") + -iēs, deverbal noun suffix — more at feign
The first known use of effigy was in 1539
effulgencenoun
shining brightness
effulgencenoun
shining brightness
effronterynoun
shameless display of boldness : nerve sense 3c
had the effrontery to deny any guilt
effortnoun
hard work of mind or body
requires time and effort
a serious attempt : try
made a good effort
something produced by work
this painting was one of my best efforts
the force applied to a simple machine (as a lever) in contrast to the force applied by it against a load
effortlessadjective
showing or requiring little or no effort : easy
effortlessadjective
showing or requiring little or no effort : easy
effortlessadjective
showing or requiring little or no effort : easy
effortnoun
hard work of mind or body
requires time and effort
a serious attempt : try
made a good effort
something produced by work
this painting was one of my best efforts
the force applied to a simple machine (as a lever) in contrast to the force applied by it against a load
effluentnoun
liquid (as sewage or industrial by-products) discharged as waste
effigynoun
a likeness especially of a personespecially: a crude figure meant to represent a hated person
hanged their cruel ruler in effigy
1 Where medieval tomb effigies pictured people as ideal types, this is a meticulous visual record of an individual – a true portrait.
2 Dozens of towns and villages in Britain hold firework parties and burn effigies in November of Guy Fawkes, the Roman Catholic plotter who tried to blow up parliament in 1605.
3 Centuries later, the piñata tradition is now a regular part of Christmas processionals, called posadas, which also feature gigantic papier-mâché effigies of Judas that are filled with firecrackers and made to explode.
4 Jay later claimed that the entire eastern seaboard was illuminated each evening by protesters burning him in effigy.
5 “The Problem with Paraphrase” takes aim at critic Edmund Wilson’s tendency to rewrite the “content” of Lovecraft’s stories in his own terms and then attack that effigy rather than the writing itself.
6 British an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day.
盖伊·福克斯日在营火里焚烧的盖伊·福克斯的塑像.
7 To get rid of these bad things, every family lights an effigy on fire at midnight.
为了彻底告别这些不好的东西, 每个家庭都会在午夜时分点火烧掉稻草人.
8 A suffragist from Tennessee said, “We burn not the effigy of the President of a free people, but the leader of an autocratic party organization whose tyrannical power holds millions of women in political slavery.”
9 “All over the empire, sculptors were busy churning out standardized effigies of Augustus, mostly in marble but some in bronze,” Mr. Hughes writes, noting that this production seemed to be organized in “efficiently factorylike ways.”
10 Under the opening credits we see the “Guy” — the Fawkes effigy to be burned at the evening bonfire, and it’s wearing a grinning, black Sambo mask.
11 The tank beneath was filled with charcoal, pieces burned out of whole sticks and limbs in carbon effigies of the trees themselves.
12 In videos shown on state news media, an angry crowd stomped on an effigy of Mr. Netanyahu.
13 On 5 November British children burn effigies of Guy Fawkes.
每逢11月5日英国儿童都焚烧盖伊.福克斯的模拟像.
14 In Paraguay, people create an effigy and dress him up like a scarecrow when the new year comes.
每逢新年来临,巴拉圭人都会专门制作雕像,然后把他打扮成稻草人的样子。
15 "Fair enough. So long as the probe gets to Hermes, they can burn me in effigy for all I care."
16 It is connected with the culture known today as the Effigy Moundbuilders.
这和今天所谓的“雕像筑墩人”文化有关。
17 “You look like the effigy of a young knight asleep on his tomb,” she said, carefully tracing the well-cut profile defined against the dark stone.
18 And next day had seen the effigies they had hung, the Tory fences they had torn down or windows broken, and heard that Royal Commissioner So-and-So had been frightened out of Boston.
19 There, in front of her glowing Christmas effigy, she was happy.
20 After walking past statues of deceased members of the Stark dynasty they encounter their own effigies, hinting at possible untimely deaths for the trio.
2 人物像
3 肖像
iconographic image figure picture icon representation portrait portrayal resemblance likeness portraiture imagery counterfeit semblance presentment effigial iconic effigies iconology
4 形像
5 雕像
statue imagery statuary portrait sculpture portraiture graven image image icon figure carving representation torso glyph statuesque stat. figuline monument effigies