橘子朗文词典

effigies

E 开头单词

基本解释

  • n.肖像；雕像

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • These men are, in fact, dummies or effigies of the presidential candidates.
    刚才采访的这两个人，实际上只不过是总统候选人的肖像而已。
  • Some protesters are burning effigies of President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
    一些反对者烧了布什总统和国务卿康多丽莎奈斯的肖像。
  • From the Middle Ages stories were told of wise men who could bring clay effigies to life by means of magic charms or sacred words.
    它现在的涵义源自中世纪，那时产生了许多关于术士的传说，这些术士能够以一道符咒，或把字母拼成一个神圣的字或神的名字，而赋予一个雕像生命。