| 单词 | dummy |
| 释义 | dummy (dʌmi ) Word forms: dummies 1. countable noun A dummy is a model of a person, often used to display clothes. ...the bottom half of a shop-window dummy. ...the ventriloquist's dummy. 2. countable noun [oft NOUN noun] You can use dummy to refer to things that are not real, but have been made to look or behave as if they are real. Dummy patrol cars will be set up beside motorways to frighten speeding motorists. They asked her to put together a dummy for a new magazine. Soldiers were still using dummy weapons because real guns were not yet available. 3. countable noun A baby's dummy is a rubber or plastic object that you give the baby to suck so that he or she feels comforted. [British] regional note: in AM, usually use pacifier4. countable noun If you call someone a dummy, you mean that you think they are stupid. [informal, disapproval] 'You're a dummy, Mack,' she yelled. 5. countable noun A dummy or dummy hand is 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. Idioms: spit out the dummy [mainly Australian] to behave in a bad-tempered and childish way He spat out the dummy when his wife said that she wanted to go on holiday without him. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a dummy run [British] a trial or test procedure which you carry out in order to see if a plan or process will work properly Before we started we did a dummy run, checking out all the streets and offices we would use, and planning our escape route. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: dummy pill If administering a dummy pill or therapy provides some improvement, whether clinically or psychologically or both, should it be considered a valid medical approach? Times, Sunday Times Those using the combined oestrogen-progestagen treatment were at a greater risk than those given a dummy pill. The Sun Another group of patients were given a dummy pill, then an antibiotic. The Sun Other volunteers who were given a dummy pill had no significant change. The Sun Even more worrying, 14 participants on aspirin developed a stomach ulcer, compared with eight who were taking the dummy pill. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 人体模型 Japanese: マネキン |
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