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    A lookalike is a person who looks very much like someone famous — a singer, an actor, a politician. People hire Elvis lookalikes, or point at a stranger and say she’s a total lookalike of that film star.

    A lookalike分身 is指 a person一個人 who looks very much like長得很像 someone famous某個名人 a singer, an actor, a politician像是歌手、演員、政治人物 People hire Elvis lookalikes有人會雇用貓王的分身 or point at a stranger and say或是指著一個陌生人說 she's a total lookalike of that film star她根本就是那個電影明星的分身

    The fame is part of how the word is usually used; for two ordinary friends who happen to match, we more often say they look alike (two words) or they could be twins.

    The fame名氣 is part of how the word is usually used是這個字最常見用法的重點 for two ordinary friends who happen to match如果只是兩個普通朋友剛好長得像 we more often say我們比較常說 they look alike (two words)他們look alike(兩個字,長得像) or they could be twins或說他們可能是雙胞胎

    You will also see lookalike as an adjective: a lookalike contest, lookalike photos. Spelling varies: lookalike, look-alike, look alike.

    You will also see你也會看到 lookalike as an adjectivelookalike當形容詞用的用法 a lookalike contest, lookalike photos像是a lookalike contest(神似比賽)、lookalike photos(神似照片) Spelling varies拼法不只一種 lookalike, look-alike, look alike有lookalike、look-alike、look alike這幾種寫法

    The person-noun is the one in the dictionary here. It can be playful; it can also be slightly if you reduce someone to a copy of a celebrity.

    The person-noun指人的這個名詞用法 is the one in the dictionary here才是這裡字典收錄的意思 It can be playful這個詞可以是開玩笑的 it can also be slightly unkind也可能有點不厚道 if you reduce someone to a copy of a celebrity如果你把一個人講成只是某個名人的複製品

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現, 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成look + alike (“in the same way”). First a phrase, look alike, then squeezed into one word for the person.

同家族的字

  • lookthe “appear / have a face like” sense, not the “use your eyes” sense
  • alikethe second half: similar

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

lookalikenoun/ˈlʊkəlaɪk/

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    Someone who, or something which, physically resembles (looks like) another.

    • The cousins were such close lookalikes they could impersonate each other, and sometimes did.
    • A Queen Lookalike Fled Thailand of Lese-Majeste […] Mum Dew has been accused of trying to dress like the Queen Mother, Sirikit, wife of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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    Someone who, or something which, physically resembles (looks like) another.

    • Among competing products, a generic substitute is one thing, whereas a deceptive lookalike is another.
    • Only a lookalike, not a real hearse, it had just enough room in the trunk for one coffin. The other one would have to sit on the back seat. Pierre got a green canvas tarp and laid it out on the seat. Rico stood by, watching anxiously.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。