doppelgänger
doppelgänger — 名詞
- doppelgängersingular
- doppelgängersplural
1. an unrelated person who happens to look almost identical to someone you know, or
分身；酷似者
與他人長相幾乎一樣的人或幽靈
an unrelated person who happens to look almost identical to someone you know, or — in older ghost stories — a phantom shaped like a real, living individual; for example, a stranger on the train who could pass for your sister, or a shadowy figure said to copy a person's appearance as a bad omen.
Lara froze in the cafe when she spotted a doppelgänger of her late grandmother by the window.
Lara 在咖啡廳愣住，因為她在窗邊看到一個跟她已故祖母長得一模一樣的分身。
a doppelgänger of [someone]
Tourists in Seoul kept stopping Erik because he was the doppelgänger of a famous K-pop singer.
Erik 在首爾一直被遊客攔下，因為他長得就像某位知名 K-pop 歌手的翻版。
the doppelgänger of [public figure]
Old Bavarian folktales warn that seeing your own doppelgänger walking through the village is a sign of approaching death.
古老的巴伐利亞民間故事警告：在村裡看到自己的分身走過，是死亡將至的徵兆。
ghostly-double sense, often in folktale context
Noor laughed and posted a side-by-side photo, calling the actress her long-lost doppelgänger.
Noor 笑著上傳並排照片，說那位女演員就是她失散多年的雙胞胎分身。
informal use: someone's doppelgänger as a playful comparison
The detective questioned a man who turned out to be the missing suspect's doppelgänger, not the suspect himself.
警探盤問的男子後來證實只是失蹤嫌犯的長相酷似者，並不是嫌犯本人。
[person]'s doppelgänger to mark mistaken identity
- a doppelgänger of [someone]
- someone's doppelgänger
- uncanny doppelgänger
- ghostly doppelgänger
- celebrity doppelgänger
- look-alike
everyday, neutral term for someone who resembles another person, with no supernatural overtone
- double
common in film and crime contexts; can also mean a body double or stand-in
- spitting image
very informal idiom; emphasises an uncanny degree of resemblance
- ringer
informal, often in 'a dead ringer for'; stresses that the resemblance is unmistakable
文法句型
a doppelgänger of someone
someone's doppelgänger
用法筆記
Often used loosely today for a striking real-world look-alike; the original supernatural sense (a ghostly twin appearing to its living counterpart) survives mainly in horror, folklore, and literary writing. Frequently spelled without the umlaut as 'doppelganger' in everyday English.
常見錯誤
同根字
- doppelganger名詞C1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- celebrity doppelgänger
- ghostly doppelgänger
常用片語
- someone's doppelgänger
- an uncanny doppelgänger
介系詞搭配
- doppelgänger of