carbon copy

• Дубликат или точная копия чего-либо, первоначально относившаяся к копии, сделанной с помощью копировальной бумаги. В современном использовании часто относится к получателю электронного письма, которому направляется копия сообщения.

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.

   Точная копия

   • 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.

   Копия документа

   • 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.