carbon copy
A copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papersA copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pressure applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.
» He's a carbon copy of his father.
Er ist seinem Vater wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten.
Er ist das Ebenbild seines Vaters.
Он вылитый отец.
Он — точная копия своего отца.
Він — копія свого батька.
Meaning
3 sensesA copy produced in an alternated stack of ordinary sheets of paper and carbon papers. The pressure applied on the top sheet (by a pen or typewriter) causes every carbon paper to release its carbon cover, thus reproducing the writing on the subjacent layers of paper.
In preparing the contract, we'll make a carbon copy for our records.
Durchschlag
ко́пияkópija, ко́пия че́рез копи́ркуkópija čérez kopírku
(broadly)A duplicate or lookalike.
This new home is simply a carbon copy of the one down the street.
ко́пияkópija, дублика́тdublikát
(Internet)A duplicate copy of an email.
a copy made with carbon paper
Examples
2 sentencesHe's a carbon copy of his father.
Він — копія свого батька. — aandrusiak
ruОн вылитый отец. — marafon
deEr ist seinem Vater wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten. — sigfrido
He is a carbon copy of his father.