dummy

英 ['d?m?] 美['d?mi]
  • adj. 虛擬的；假的
  • n. 傀儡；啞巴；仿制品
TEM4GRE低頻詞常用詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?dummies;

助記提示

1. 諧音“打謎”---打啞謎。
2. dumb => dummy.

中文詞源

dummy 仿制品

來自dumb, 啞的。用于指仿制品。

英文詞源

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.

雙語例句

1. They asked her to put together a dummy for a new magazine.
他們讓她為一本新雜志攢一份小樣。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The seamstresses cluck around a dummy, discussing a tuck here and there.
這些女裁縫圍著模特兒衣架嘰嘰嘎嘎地討論衣服這里或那里要做的小改動(dòng)。

來自柯林斯例句

3. "You're a dummy, Mack," she yelled.
“你是個(gè)蠢貨，麥克?！彼腥轮?。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He looked like a ventriloquist's dummy.
他看上去像腹語術(shù)表演者用的人偶。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Before we started we did a dummy run.
我們開始之前進(jìn)行了一次演習(xí)。

來自柯林斯例句