[N-COUNT 可数名词]模型 A model of an object is a physical representation that shows what it looks like or how it works. The model is often smaller than the object it represents.
[oft N of n]
[ADJ n]
...an architect's model of a wooden house.
一幢木屋的建筑模型
...a working scale model of the whole Bay Area...
实际应用的整个旧金山湾区比例模型
I made a model out of paper and glue.
我用纸和胶水制作了一个模型。
Model is also an adjective.
I had made a model aeroplane.
我做了一架模型飞机。
...a model railway.
铁路模型
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]模范；榜样 A model is a system that is being used and that people might want to copy in order to achieve similar results.
[with supp]
[FORMAL 正式]
We believe that this is a general model of managerial activity...
我们认为这可以作为管理活动的普遍范例。
He wants companies to follow the European model of social responsibility.
他希望各公司能够以欧洲公司为榜样，承担社会责任。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](理论描述的)模型 A model of a system or process is a theoretical description that can help you understand how the system or process works, or how it might work.
[usu with supp]
[TECHNICAL or FORMAL 术语或正式]
Darwin eventually put forward a model of biological evolution...
达尔文最终提出了生物进化的模型。
He proposed a model of stress reaction in the body.
他提出了一个人体内应激反应的模型。
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[VERB 动词]创立(系统或过程）的（理论描述)模型 If someone such as a scientist models a system or process, they make an accurate theoretical description of it in order to understand or explain how it works.
[V n]
[TECHNICAL or FORMAL 术语或正式]
...the mathematics needed to model a nonlinear system like an atmosphere.
创立诸如大气层之类的非线性系统的模型所需的数学知识
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]（某种特质的）典型，典范 If you say that someone or something is a model of a particular quality, you are showing approval of them because they have that quality to a large degree.
[N of n]
[approval]
A model of good manners, he has conquered any inward fury...
作为一个非常懂礼貌的人，他已经学会了克制内心的任何愤怒情绪。
His marriage and family life is a model of propriety.
他的婚姻和家庭生活都是规规矩矩的。
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[ADJ 形容词]模范的；榜样的 You use model to express approval of someone when you think that they perform their role or duties extremely well.
[ADJ n]
[approval]
As a girl she had been a model pupil...
还是个小女孩的时候，她就是一个模范学生。
Hospital staff say he is a model patient.
医务人员说他是一个模范病人。
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[VERB 动词]按特定模型制造；仿特定样式做出 If one thing is modelled on another, the first thing is made so that it is like the second thing in some way.
[be V-ed on/after n]
[V n on/after n]
The quota system was modelled on those operated in America and continental Europe...
该配额制度是仿照美国以及欧洲大陆国家的同类制度制定的。
The program will be modeled after a popular BBC series called 'The Archers'...
这个节目将仿照英国广播公司的人气系列剧《阿彻一家》制作。
She asked the author if she had modelled her hero on anybody in particular.
她问作者书中的主人公是否是以某个人为原型。
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[VERB 动词]使仿效；使模仿 If you model yourself on someone, you copy the way that they do things, because you admire them and want to be like them.
[V pron-refl on/after n]
[V n on/after n]
There's absolutely nothing wrong in modelling yourself on an older woman...
以年纪较长的女性作为自己仿效的对象绝没有什么不对。
They will tend to model their behaviour on the teacher's behaviour.
他们会倾向于模仿老师的行为举止。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](机器等的)型号 A particular model of a machine is a particular version of it. →see usage note at:
brand
[usu supp N]
To keep the cost down, opt for a basic model...
要想花钱少些，就选择基本的型号。
The model number is 1870/285.
该型号的编号为1870/285。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](绘画或雕塑的)模特儿 An artist's model is a person who stays still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them.
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[VERB 动词]（为艺术家）当模特儿 If someone models for an artist, they stay still in a particular position so that the artist can make a picture or sculpture of them.
[V for n]
[Also V]
Tullio has been modelling for Sandra for eleven years.
图利奥已为桑德拉做了11年的模特儿。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]（时装）模特儿 A fashion model is a person whose job is to display clothes by wearing them.
...Paris's top photographic fashion model.
巴黎顶尖时装摄影模特儿
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[VERB 动词]当模特儿展示（服装） If someone models clothes, they display them by wearing them.
[V n]
[V]
I wasn't here to model clothes...
我不是到这里来当时装模特儿的。
She began modelling in Paris aged 15.
她15岁就开始在巴黎做时装模特儿。
modelling
She was being offered a modelling contract.
她获得了一份做时装模特儿的合约。
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[VERB 动词](用黏土、木头等)做…的模型；塑造 If you model shapes or figures, you make them out of a substance such as clay or wood.
[V]
[V n]
There she began to model in clay...
在那儿她开始用黏土做模型。
Sometimes she carved wood and sometimes stone； sometimes she modelled clay...
她有时刻木雕，有时刻石雕，有时塑泥塑。
The artist recorded interviews on a variety of topics and modelled an appropriate animal for each voice.
这位艺术家把关于各种话题的访谈录了下来，并为每种声音塑造了一个贴切的动物模型。
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See also:
role model
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model★/ˈmɒdl; NAmEˈmɑːdl/
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modelmodelsmodelledmodeledmodellingmodelingnoun★small copy 模型1★a copy of sth, usually smaller than the original object （依照实物按比例制成的）模型◆a working model(= one in which the parts move)of a fire engine 消防车的活动模型◆a model aeroplane飞机模型◆The architect had produced a scale modelof the proposed shopping complex. 建筑师为计划建设的购物中心做了一个比例模型。design 设计2★a particular design or type of product 样式；设计；型◆The latest models will be on display at the motor show.最新的车型将会在这次汽车展上展出。description of system 体系描述3a simple description of a system, used for explaining how sth works or calculating what might happen, etc. （用于示范运作方法等的）模型◆a mathematical model for determining the safe level of pesticides in food测算食物中农药的安全含量的数学模型☞collocationsat
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example to copy 可仿效的样板4★something such as a system that can be copied by other people 样本；范例◆The nation's constitution provided a model that other countries followed.这个国家的宪法成了别国仿效的范例。5( approving) a person or thing that is considered an excellent example of sth 模范；典型◆It was a model of clarity.这是表达清晰的范例。◆a model student模范生◆a model farm (= one that has been specially designed to work well)示范农场☞see also
role model
fashion 时装6★a person whose job is to wear and show new styles of clothes and be photographed wearing them 模特儿◆a fashion model时装模特儿◆a male model男模特儿for artist 艺术家的7★a person who is employed to be painted, drawn, photographed, etc. by an artist or photographer 模特儿verb(-ll-,especially US-l-)work as model 做模特儿1[intransitive ]to work as a model for an artist or in the fashion industry 做模特儿clothes 衣服2[transitive ]modelsth to wear clothes in order to show them to people who might want to buy them （向顾客）穿戴展示◆The wedding gown is being modelled for us by the designer's daughter.结婚礼服正由设计者的女儿穿在身上给我们看。create copy 复制3[transitive ]modelsth to create a copy of an activity, a situation, etc. so that you can study it before dealing with the real thing 将…做成模型；复制SYN
simulate
◆The program can model a typical home page for you.这个程序可以使用模板帮你制作一个标准的主页。clay, etc. 黏土等4[transitive ]modelsth to shape clay,etc. in order to make sth 将（黏土等）做成模型◆a statue modelled in bronze青铜像PHRASAL VERBSˈmodel yourself on sbto copy the behaviour, style, etc. of sb you like and respect in order to be like them 仿效；以某人为榜样◆As a politician, he modelled himself on Churchill.作为一名从政者，他以丘吉尔为榜样。ˈmodel sth on/after sthto make sth so that it looks, works, etc. like sth else 模仿；仿照◆The country's parliament is modelled on the British system.这个国家的议会是模仿英国的体制建立的。model/ˈmɒdl; NAmEˈmɑːdl/
1model (1)small copy a small copy of a building, vehicle, machine etc, especially one that can be put together from separate partsmodel of They showed us a model of the building. a working model (=one with parts which move) of a steam engine2fashion someone whose job is to show clothes, hairstyles etc by wearing them at fashion shows or for photographs: a top fashion model a male model3type of car etc a particular type or design of a vehicle or machine: Renault are introducing three new models at the show. Our dishwasher is the latest model (=newest design). the 2.8 litre V6 model4description a computer representation or scientific description of somethingmodel of Scientists are building computer models of the ocean currents.5somebody/something to copy someone or something which people want to copy because they are successful or have good qualitiesmodel for It served as a model for other cities. He used English medieval architecture as his model.role model (=someone that you try to copy because they have qualities you would like to have) Good teachers can act as positive role models.6model of efficiency/virtue etc someone or something that has a lot of a good quality: She was a model of honesty and decency.7art someone who is employed by an artist or photographer to be painted or photographed
model1 noun
model2 adjective
model3 verb
modelmodel2 ●●○ adjective
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1model aircraft/train/car etc a small copy of an aircraft, train etc, especially one that a child can play with or put together from separate parts: He is playing with his model railway. She builds model aeroplanes in her spare time.2model wife/employee/student etc a wife, employee (=worker) etc who is considered to be good because they do everything they shouldSYN exemplary: His lawyers tried to show him as a model husband and father.3model prison/farm/school etc a prison etc that has been specially designed or organized to be as good as possible
model1 noun
model2 adjective
model3 verb
modelmodel3 verb (past tense and past participle modelled, present participle modelling British English, modeled, modeling American English)
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1[intransitive, transitive] to wear clothes at a fashion show or in magazine photographs in order to show them to people: She’s modeling Donna Karan’s fall collection. Claire modelled for a few years when she was in her twenties.2model yourself on somebody British English, model yourself after somebody American English to try to be like someone else because you admire them: Jim had always modelled himself on his great hero, Martin Luther King.3be modelled on something to be designed in a way that copies another system or way of doing something: Their education system is modelled on the French one.4[transitive] to do a computer representation or scientific description of a situation or event: They used a computer to model the possible effects of global warming.5[transitive] to make something by shaping clay, wood etc—modeller noun [countable]