名词(n.):复印机;抄写者,模仿者。指用于复制文件的机器,或指抄袭、模仿他人的人。
/ˈkɒp.i.ər/(英式) /ˈkɑː.pi.ɚ/(美式)
I need to use the copier to make a few copies of this document.
我需要用复印机把这份文件复印几份。
The artist was dismissed as a mere copier who lacked originality, yet his reproductions were so precise that even experts struggled to tell them apart from the originals.
这位画家被视为缺乏原创性的模仿者,然而他的复制品精确到连专家都难以分辨真伪。
copier 源自动词 copy,加上表示"做……的人或物"的后缀 -er。copy 来自古法语 copie,再追溯至拉丁语 copia,原意为"丰富、大量",后引申为"副本、抄本",因为抄写可以使文本大量传播。到了现代英语中,copier 既指复印机器,也指从事复制行为的人。