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

• Still, there's never been a book called "Common Sense for Dummies," which would be required reading in my investment class if either existed.
  然而从没有人写一本类似于《傻瓜必备的常识》这样的书，我想如果我要开一门投资课程的话，这本书一定在必读书目中。
• 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。
• 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。
• Vivian: Dummy? We don't have any dummies here, this is a fashion show.
  维维安：假模特儿？我们这里没有人体模型，这是时装秀。
• Outside they're all dummies.
  室外的摄像头都是假的。
• So perhaps it's no surprise that the book Correct Spanish for Dummies was written by a Colombian.
  所以也难怪《正确西班牙语的傻瓜指南》这本书的作者是哥伦比亚人。
• He was shopping there with his wife, Lauren, back in 2009, when he decided to try mimicking the dummies as a joke.
  当时是2009年，他正和妻子劳伦逛街，突然他就决定开玩笑模仿服装模特的服饰和动作。
• Then BANG! The teacher's yardstick hitting my desk brought me back to the real world where subjects did not relate to my interest and dreamers are related to dummies.
  突然“啪”一声，老师的教鞭打在我桌上，我被拉回到了现实世界中来&在这个世界里，我对所学的科目没有半点兴趣，爱做梦的我被当成白痴。
• 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。
• The bottles of whisky on display are all dummies.
  所陈列的威士忌酒都是假的。