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

• Outside they're all dummies.
  室外的摄像头都是假的。
• As the dummies were thrown into the flames a sudden storm broke and sent everyone scampering for cover.
  四个肖像抛进火焰的时候，暴风雨突然降临，人人走避。
• The "Dummies" books were inspired by a customer complaint.
  《傻瓜丛书》的灵感来自一位顾客的抱怨。
• We've all seen enough dummies catapulting through windscreens in TV warnings to know the dangers of not wearing seat belts
  在电视里，假人穿过挡风玻璃飞出去的警示镜头我们见得多了，知道不系安全带的危险。
• 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。
• One day I would love to conduct an experiment by replacing the entire board of directors of a major corporation with shop dummies and see how well things go.
  我很想哪天做一个实验，用橱窗里的假人模特把一家大公司的整个董事会都替换掉，看看情况会怎样。
• If he dummies up, just try a little persuasion.
  如果他不说话，稍微劝劝他就是了。
• Animals or bread dummies had been substituted for the victim.
  动物或面包做的人体模型替代了供品。
• Recently, smaller crashtest dummies have also been used to represent children inside crashing cars.
  最近，较小的测试假人也投入了使用，以模拟车祸发生时坐在车内的儿童。
• 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。