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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The bottles of whisky on display are all dummies.
  所陈列的威士忌酒都是假的。
• Outside they're all dummies.
  室外的摄像头都是假的。
• 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。
• Novel idea: He merely goes into stores, looks at what the dummies are wearing, and pops a matching outfit on in the fitting room.
  新奇的创意：他只是走进商店，看着服装模特穿的衣服，然后就突然产生了在更衣室换上和它们同款衣服进行模仿的想法。
• I'm a big fan of the Dummies series but found this one very disappointing.
  我是个大风扇的假人系列一但发现此非常失望。
• Outside they are all dummies.
  外面的都是伪造品。