facsimile

n. 传真；复写

adj. 复制的

vt. 传真；临摹

中文词源

facsimile 传真本

来自拉丁语fac simile, 即do something similar. 用来指传真，通常缩写为fax.

facsimile: facsimile: see fax
facsimile (n.): "exact copy," 1690s, two words, from Latin fac simile "make similar," from fac imperative of facere "to make" (see factitious) + simile, neuter of similis "like, similar" (see similar). One-word form predominated in 20c. As an adjective from 1877

1、fac- "make" + simil- "like, similar" + -e.2、含义：make similar.

4. This is a facsimile edition of an eighteenth century book.: 这是一本18世纪书籍的复制版。

5. As a technology, facsimile transmission is more than a century old.: 作为一项技术, 传真传送的历史已有一个多世纪.