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mannequin

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ldoce_215_bman·ne·quin /ˈmænəkɪn/ noun [countable]  1. DCCa model of the human body, used for showing clothes in shop windows 〔商店橱窗中用以展示服装的〕人体服装模型5  See picture of MANNEQUIN 人体服装模型4  See picture of 见图 mannequin2. ldoce_215.png old-fashionedDCC a woman whose job is to wear fashionable clothes and show them to people 女时装模特 SYN model
Examples from the Corpus
mannequinShe allowed herself to be posed like a mannequin, but drew in on herself when he let her go.Her skin was clear and pure, like the plastic on a mannequin.And then it just lies there on the screen, with all the inert charm of a well-dressed mannequin.His new inamorata is a 22-year-old mannequin named Jennifer.The dancers would dance, the mannequin would shiver and give birth to the green girl.The mannequin, pictured below, will be unveiled in Selfridges in London.
Origin mannequin (1700-1800) French Dutch mannekijn little man
man·ne·quin nounChineseSyllable
used body, for of a Corpus the model human


mannequin
mannequin /ˈmænəkɪn, ˈmænɪkɪn/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: French
 Origin: Dutch mannekijn 'little man'
1. a model of the human body, used for showing clothes in shop windows
2. old-fashioned a woman whose job is to wear fashionable clothes and show them to people
   SYN  model


man·ne·quinBrE /ˈmænɪkɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmænɪkɪn/ 🔊 nouna model of a human body, used for displaying clothes in shops/stores (商店中用于陈列服装的)人体模型   compare manikin (1) (old-fashioned) a person whose job is to wear and display new styles of clothes 时装模特儿 SYN model