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dummy

英 ['dʌmɪ] 美 ['dʌmi]

解释

adj. 虚拟的；假的
n. 傀儡；哑巴；仿制品

※ 提供单词"dummy"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

dummy 仿制品

来自dumb, 哑的。用于指仿制品。

英文词源

dummy (n.): 1590s, "mute person," from dumb (adj.) + -y (3). Extended by 1845 to "figure representing a person." Used in card games (originally whist) since 1736. Meaning "dolt, blockhead" is from 1796.

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例句和用法

1. They asked her to put together a dummy for a new magazine.: 他们让她为一本新杂志攒一份小样。

2. The seamstresses cluck around a dummy, discussing a tuck here and there.: 这些女裁缝围着模特儿衣架叽叽嘎嘎地讨论衣服这里或那里要做的小改动。

3. "You're a dummy, Mack," she yelled.: “你是个蠢货，麦克。”她叫嚷着。

4. He looked like a ventriloquist's dummy.: 他看上去像腹语术表演者用的人偶。

5. Before we started we did a dummy run.: 我们开始之前进行了一次演习。