| 单词 | dupe |
| 释义 | dupe dupe1 —dupable, adj. —dupability, n. —duper, n. /doohp, dyoohp/, n. , v. , duped, duping. n. 1. a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull. 2. a person who unquestioningly or unwittingly serves a cause or another person: a dupe of the opponents. v.t. 3. to make a dupe of; deceive; delude; trick. [1675-85; < F; MF duppe for *(tête) d'uppe head of hoopoe, i.e., fool (cf tête de fou) < VL *uppa, L upupa hoopoe, a bird thought to be especially stupid; cf. HOOPOE] dupe2 /doohp, dyoohp/, n. , v. , duped, duping, adj. Informal. n. 1. duplicate. 2. Motion Pictures. a. a duplicate picture negative used for making additional release prints or for making special effects to be inserted in the release negative. b. the procedure for producing such a duplicate. 3. Television. a duplicate videotape obtained by electronic printing of the original videotape. v.t. , v.i. 4. to duplicate. adj. 5. duplicate. [1895-90; by shortening] |
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