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cardboard cut-out

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Daily life
ˌcardboard ˈcut-out noun [countable]  1. Da picture drawn on cardboard so that it can stand up on a surface 纸板图样2 REAL/NOT IMAGINARYa person or character in a book, film etc who does not seem natural or real 〔作品或电影等中的〕塑造得不真实的人物 the sort of movie in which the characters are just cardboard cut-outs 人物塑造很不真实的那种电影
Examples from the Corpus
cardboard cut-outA further trick of the light throws their roller-coaster ridge into sharp relief, like a cardboard cut-out.I also have a life-size cardboard cut-out of our former no.4.
ˌcardboard ˈcut-out nounChineseSyllable
cardboard Corpus a stand picture on so that drawn can it


cardboard cut-out
ˌcardboard ˈcut-out noun [countable]
1. a picture drawn on cardboard so that it can stand up on a surface
2. a person or character in a book, film etc who does not seem natural or real:
    the sort of movie in which the characters are just cardboard cut-outs