- [countable]
an exact copy of something 摹本；传真本；复制本 A facsimile of the document is available in the British Library. 大英图书馆里有这份文件的复制本。 a facsimile edition 摹本版 - in facsimile
a manuscript reproduced in facsimile 精确复制的手稿
- [uncountable, countable] (formal)
fax (= a machine or system for sending documents in an electronic form along phone wires and then printing them; a document sent and printed in this way) 摹本；传真本；复制本 a facsimile machine 传真机
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally as fac simile, denoting the making of an exact copy, especially of writing): modern Latin, from Latin fac! (imperative of facere ‘make’) and simile (neuter of similis ‘like’).