mannequin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 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2.
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
mannequin• She 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
man‧ne‧quin /ˈmænəkɪn, ˈmænɪkɪn/
noun [countable]
2. old-fashioned a woman whose job is to wear fashionable clothes and show them to people
SYN model
man‧ne‧quin /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 windowsLanguage: French
Origin: Dutch mannekijn 'little man'
2. old-fashioned a woman whose job is to wear fashionable clothes and show them to people
SYN model