carbon copy

• نسخة طبق الأصل من شيء ما، وكانت في الأصل تشير إلى نسخة تُنشأ بورق الكربون. وفي الاستخدام الحديث غالبًا ما تشير إلى مستلم البريد الإلكتروني الذي تُرسل إليه نسخة من الرسالة.

A duplicate or exact copy of something, originally referring to a copy made using carbon paper. In modern usage, it often refers to an email recipient who receives a copy of a message.

1. Exact duplicateB2informal

   A person or thing that is very similar or identical to another.

   نسخة طبق الأصل

   • The new employee is a carbon copy of his predecessor.
   • This painting is a carbon copy of the original.
   • Her speech was a carbon copy of the one she gave last year.

2. B1formal

   A copy of a document made using carbon paper.

   نسخة كربونية

   • Please send me a carbon copy of the contract.
   • He kept a carbon copy of every letter he wrote.
   • The secretary made a carbon copy for the files.