effigy

名词 effigy:

1. a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
   同义词：image, simulacrum

1. A figure made of wax, especially a life-size wax effigy of a famous person.
   蜡像蜡制的像，尤指与真人大小一样的名人蜡像
2. During the war, the president was sometimes burned in effigy in some cities.
   在战争期间，一些城市有时焚烧总统的模拟像。
3. The king was burned in effigy by the angry mob.
   国王的模拟像被愤怒的民众烧掉以泄心中的愤恨。
4. Burn a person in effigy.
   焚烧某人的肖像以泄恨。

ef.fi.gy

n.（名词）
【复数】 ef.fi.gies
A crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group.
雕像：代表可憎的人或一群人的粗糙的图象或木偶
A likeness or image, especially of a person.
肖像：模拟画或肖像，特别是指人

<习惯用语>in effigy
Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy:
模拟像：象征性的，特别是以模拟像的形式：
例句：
The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.
群众焚烧退位独裁者的模拟像

来源：
French effigie
法语 effigie
from Latin effigiôs [likeness]
源自 拉丁语 effigiôs [相象]
from effingere [to portray]
源自 effingere [描绘]
ex- [ex-]
ex- [前缀，表.从前的.]
fingere [to shape] * see dheigh-
fingere [使成形] *参见 dheigh-