单词 | mock-up |
释义 | mock-upn. 1. An accurate, often full-size replica or model of a machine or other structure, esp. one used for instructional or experimental purposes. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > prototype > [noun] > prototype or experimental model mock-up1920 prototype1932 one-off1947 1920 Flight 19 Feb. 218/1 If the dimensions of such parts are difficult to determine on paper, the use of ‘mock-ups’ should be resorted to for this purpose. 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 759 A mock-up of the eventual design was built to full scale with every instrument, lever, and fitting installed. 1944 Proc. IRE 32 600 A plywood mockup was made of the proposed console cabinet. 1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 iv. 84 She was gazing at a mockup of a space capsule. 1971 Sunday Austral. 8 Aug. 3/3 A 747 training mock-up at Sydney Airport. 1983 G. Swift Waterland (1984) xlii. 262 If you ever go to the Fenland Museum..you will see a full-scale mock-up of an old Fen cottage. 1987 Observer 20 Sept. 59/4 When the car was still at the secret early mock-up stage, senior personnel..flew to Toyota City..to appraise it. 2. Publishing. A dummy or sample page or section of a forthcoming book, magazine, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] > a representation > hypothetical theoretical model1815 model1901 schema1939 mock-up1954 1954 G. Smith Flaw in Crystal xvi. 163 These coloured sheets..were mock-ups for a new children's magazine. 1959 J. Cary Captive & Free xiii. 68 ‘What I want to know,’ she said, ‘is when we're going to see the mock-up of the new front page.’ 1989 M. Kramer Making Sense of Wine 8 The advertising department had prepared a mock-up of the new forthcoming food page. 3. gen. A rough reproduction of something; an outline, plan, or model for illustration; a dummy, an imitation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > an imitation resemblant1484 patterna1500 counterfeiture1548 counterfeit1587 idol1590 reduplication1592 copy1596 module1608 imitationa1616 mockage1615 echo1622 conduplicationa1631 transcript1646 ectype1647 mime1650 duplicating1659 mimicry1688 replication1692 shadow1693 reproduction1701 mimication?1715 repetition1774 replicate1821 autotype1829 replica1841 re-creation1915 retake1922 mock-up1957 reprise1961 1957 J. F. Horner Summary of Scientol. 79 Because they do not immediately alter to fit his mock-up, he is constantly failing. 1959 Guardian 4 Dec. 13/5 The thing is written in a half-bantering Anglicised mock-up of the Spanish idiom. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. Note to plate 38 ‘All under one roof’ may prove just a mock-up for the terminal form of the anti-city. 1991 Hyperlink Mag. Sept.–Oct. 16/1 You can test out this menu by playing with the mockup to the right of the regular SuperEdit menus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1920 |
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