effigy
noun /ˈefɪdʒi/
/ˈefɪdʒi/
(plural effigies)
- a statue of a famous person, a saint or a god
(名人、圣人或神的)雕像,塑像 - stone effigies in the church
教堂里的石雕像
- stone effigies in the church
- a model of a person that makes them look ugly
(丑化人的)模拟像,画像 - The demonstrators burned a crude effigy of the president.
示威者焚毁了总统的丑化像。 - in effigy The president was burnt in effigy.
总统的模拟像被烧毁了。
- The demonstrators burned a crude effigy of the president.
词源mid 16th cent.: from Latin effigies, from effingere ‘to fashion (artistically)’, from ex- ‘out’ + fingere ‘to shape’.