dummies

英 [ˈdʌmiz]

美 [ˈdʌmiz]

n.  (尤指缝制或陈列服装用的)人体模型; 仿制品; 仿造物; 笨蛋; 蠢货
dummy的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 人体模型,假人(常用于陈列服装)
  Adummyis a model of a person, often used to display clothes.
  1. ...the bottom half of a shop-window dummy.
     商店橱窗里假人模特的下半身
  2. ...the ventriloquist's dummy.
     表演口技用的傀儡
• N-COUNT 仿制品;仿造样品
  You can usedummyto refer to things that are not real, but have been made to look or behave as if they are real.
  1. Dummy patrol cars will be set up beside motorways to frighten speeding motorists...
     高速公路旁将安装仿真巡逻车以威慑那些超速驾车者。
  2. 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。
  3. Soldiers were still using dummy weapons because real guns were not yet available.
     士兵们还在用仿制的武器，因为还搞不到真家伙。
• (婴儿用的)橡皮奶嘴,橡皮奶头
  A baby'sdummyis a rubber or plastic object that you give the baby to suck so that he or she feels comforted.

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pacifier


• N-COUNT 笨蛋;蠢货
  If you call someone adummy, you mean that you think they are stupid.
  1. 'You're a dummy, Mack,' she yelled.
     “你是个蠢货,麦克。”她叫嚷着。
• (桥牌中的)明手牌
  Adummyordummy handis a hand of cards in a card game such as bridge or whist which is placed on the table so all the players can see it.

双语例句

• All the articles on display were dummies.
  所有陈列的物品都是模型。
• They just sat there like so many dummies.
  他们简直就像木头人似的坐在那里。
• Outside they are all dummies.
  外面的都是伪造品。
• Even extreme side-impacts protected the crash dummies and the battery ( automatically switched off when the airbags trigger).
  即便是再剧烈的侧面撞击，乘客一样可以高枕无忧。内部的电池会在空气囊触发的一瞬间被自动关闭。
• Because of the expected destruction, organisers refused to use expensive crash test dummies and instead opted for cheaper mannequins for the experiment.
  考虑到预期破坏性，组织者拒绝使用昂贵的碰撞试验假人，而是选用了更便宜的人体模型来做试验。
• That's a good question for the dummies in the lab.
  用实验室的假人做个实验会很好。
• There are concerns that toys and dummies are being replaced by the likes of iPads and smartphones, but children are not at a level of maturity to deal with such advanced technology.
  值得关注的是，现在玩具和娃娃已逐渐被iPad和智能手机之类的电子产品所替代，但是孩子们并没有成长到可以接触此类高科技产品的阶段。
• The bottles of whisky on display are all dummies.
  所陈列的威士忌酒都是假的。
• Some dummies have spring loaded arms, so that the arms give realistically to pressure.
  有一些人偶具有弹性装置的手臂，这样它们手臂在打压过程中就更能增加真实感。
• I mean, there are some real dummies that have graduated from college.
  我是说，这里有些人是真正的从大学假毕业。