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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• To delay knowledge of the escape, they made dummies out of sheets and pillowcases and left them in their beds.
  为了掩饰，他们还用被单和枕套做成了假人放在床铺上。
• 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。