Prototype



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.原型; 典型
• ［英］ n.原型 ( an original model; archetype) ; 典型 ( a standard or typical example)
• ［记］ proto ( 首先) ＋type ( 形状) -> 首先的形状 -> 原型

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French, from Greek prōtotypon, from neuter of prōtotypos archetypal, from prōt- + typos type
• Date: 1552
• 1. an original model on which something is patterned ; archetype
• 2. an individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type
• 3. a standard or typical example
• 4. a first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction (as an airplane)

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