Dummy



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 人体模型, 假人
• ［英］ n. 人体模型, 假人 ( model of the human figure, used for fitting clothes)
• ［例］ a tailor's dummy

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural dummies)

• Etymology: ［sup］1［/sup］dumb + ［sup］4［/sup］-y
• Date: 1598
• 1.
  • a. a person who is incapable of speaking
  • b. a person who is habitually silent
  • c. a stupid person
• 2.
  • a. the exposed hand in bridge played by the declarer in addition to his own hand
  • b. a bridge player whose hand is a dummy
• 3. an imitation, copy, or likeness of something used as a substitute: as
  • a. mannequin
  • b. a stuffed figure or cylindrical bag used by football players for tackling and blocking practice
  • c. a large puppet usually having movable features (as mouth and arms) manipulated by a ventriloquist
  • d. chiefly British pacifier 2
• 4. one seeming to act independently but in reality controlled by another
• 5.
  • a. a mock-up of a proposed publication (as a book or magazine)
  • b. a set of pages (as for a newspaper or magazine) with the position of text and artwork indicated for the printer

II. adjective

• Date: 1846
• 1.
  • a. having the appearance of being real ; artificial <dummy foods in the display case>
  • b. existing in name only ; fictitious <dummy corporations>
• 2. apparently acting for oneself while really acting for or at the direction of another <a dummy director>

III. transitive verb (dummied; dummying)

• Date: circa 1928
• to make a dummy of (as a publication) — often used with up<dummied up the front page>

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