simulacrum

n. 像, 影, 幻影

发音

UK /ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪkɹəm/
其它
US /ˌsɪmjəˈleɪkɹəm/

词形变化

simulacra 复数 simulacra simulacrums simulacrums 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.

    a simulacrum of a New York studio apartment

  2. 2.

    A thing which has the appearance or form of another thing, but not its true qualities; a thing which simulates another thing; an imitation; a semblance.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

image effigy

上位词 5

color colour representation gloss semblance

下位词 9

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词源

Learned borrowing from Latin simulācrum (“image, likeness”), from simul(ā) + -crum (a variant of -culum, from Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, a suffix forming instrument nouns), from similis (“similar (to)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; together”).

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