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effigy

noun
🔊/ˈefɪdʒi/
🔊/ˈefɪdʒi/
(plural effigies)
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  1. 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
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
  2. 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.总统被雕像烧死了。
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin effigies, from effingere ‘to fashion (artistically)’, from ex- ‘out’ + fingere ‘to shape’.