| 词汇 | effigy |
| 释义 | effigy noun[ C ] uk /ˈef.ɪ.dʒi/ us /ˈef.ə.dʒi/ a model or other object that represents someone, especially one of a hated person that is hanged or burned in a public place: （尤指被憎恨人的）模拟像，雕像;画像 Crowds marched through the streets carrying burning effigies of the president.示威群众挑着燃烧的总统画像沿街游行。 Synonym simulacrumformal Compare image The supernatural - general words astral astrally aureole black mass clairvoyantly conjunction exorcist ghostliness ghostly ghoul intervention levitate near-death experience occult out-of-body paranormal paranormally tarot things that go bump in the nightidiom unworldly effigy | American Dictionaryeffigy noun[ C ] us/ˈef·ə·dʒi/ a model of a person Examples of effigyeffigy Seven of the effigies were placed to the south with at least four spiked lidded censers. To see a statue of this scale displayed indoors is odd, and the way the effigy dominates the interior space is strange at first. But wax modelling of plants and flowers belongs to a larger artistic history that includes modelling portraits, effigies, reliefs, and medals. Most relevant to this discussion are the effigy vessels depicting his toothy grin or snarl. The assemblage includes numerous items made of hammered and engraved sheet gold, including disks, ornaments, masks, miniature masks, and effigy spear points. The effigy vessels discussed in this article have been recovered from all three tiers within this hierarchy. Clearly this was happening when clergymen were rough-musicked, or jostled, or mocked in effigy. I suggest that the effigies may depict scenes from myths, especially those associated with world destruction in the form of catastrophic flooding. Somewhere, at some time, humans have created belief systems in which we can endow the effigy with the presence and powers of the deity itself. Reptile effigies with gaping mouths decorated the column bases; however, the two heads differed in size and form. These pieces may indicate the four-par t division of the world, with an added emphasis on the center quadrant represented by the fifth effigy vessel. I believe he is the figure immediately behind the effigy. In contrast, the effigy usually appears to be located in "real" space. The pale to light red unslipped effigy cylinder was paired with a redware jar to the east. The dignity of historical wax effigies gave way in this account to tawdry impersonations made of cheap materials. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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