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manikin

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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man·i·kin, mannikin /ˈmænɪkɪn/ noun [countable]  1. AVa model of the human body, used for teaching art or medicine 〔艺术或医学教学用的〕人体模型2. literary a very small man 矮子,侏儒
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manikinOn it was a bronze manikin with a grotesquely enormous erect phallus.He himself had acquired a cadaverous appearance; a shrinking manikin within his leather and steel-scale carapace.The manikin threw a malevolent look at Corbett and fled into the darkness.
man·i·kin nounChineseSyllable
model Corpus used the or of for teaching a art body, human


manikin
manikin , mannikin /ˈmænɪkən, ˈmænɪkɪn/ noun [countable]
1. a model of the human body, used for teaching art or medicine
2. literary a very small man


mani·kin (also man·ni·kin) BrE /ˈmænɪkɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmænɪkɪn/ 🔊 nouna model of the human body that is used for teaching art or medicine (医疗或艺术教学用的)人体模型   compare mannequin (1) (old-fashioned) a very small man 侏儒;小矮人 SYN dwarf