单词 | dummy |
释义 | Word Frequency dummy(ˈdʌmɪ) nounWord forms: plural -mies 1. a figure representing the human form, used for displaying clothes, in a ventriloquist's act, as a target, etc 2. a. a copy or imitation of an object, often lacking some essential feature of the original b. (as modifier) a dummy drawer 3. slang a stupid person; fool 4. old-fashioned, slang, offensive a person without the power of speech; mute 5. informal a person who says or does nothing 6. a. a person who appears to act for himself or herself while acting on behalf of another b. (as modifier) a dummy buyer 7. military a weighted round without explosives, used in drill and training 8. bridge a. the hand exposed on the table by the declarer's partner and played by the declarer b. the declarer's partner 9. a. a prototype of a proposed book, indicating the general appearance and dimensions of the finished product b. a designer's layout of a page indicating the positions for illustrations, etc 10. a feigned pass or move in a sport such as football or rugby 11. British a rubber teat for babies to suck or bite on US and Canadian equivalent: pacifier12. (modifier) counterfeit; sham 13. (modifier) (of a card game) played with one hand exposed or unplayed 14. spit the dummy verbWord forms: -mies, -mying or -mied 15. to prepare a dummy of (a proposed book, page, etc) 16. Also: sell someone a dummy sport to use a dummy pass in order to trick (an opponent) Word origin C16: see dumb, -y3 |
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