dummy
英 ['dʌmɪ] 美 ['dʌmi]
- adj. 虚拟的；假的
- n. 傀儡；哑巴；仿制品
词态变化
复数: dummies;
助记提示
1. 谐音“打谜”---打哑谜。
2. dumb => dummy.
2. dumb => dummy.
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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. "You're a dummy, Mack," she yelled.
- “你是个蠢货，麦克。”她叫嚷着。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He looked like a ventriloquist's dummy.
- 他看上去像腹语术表演者用的人偶。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Before we started we did a dummy run.
- 我们开始之前进行了一次演习。
来自柯林斯例句