英语单词 | prototype |
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英美音标 | 英 ['prəʊtətaɪp] 美 ['proʊtətaɪp] |
中文释义 | n.原型;范例;雏形 |
英语例句 | (1) The strange mechanical device is the prototype of modern cars. (2) Designers have built a working prototype of the car. (3) This is the prototype for future school buildings. (4) He is the prototype of good breeding. (5) Something derives from a prototype. |
中文例句 | (1) 这个奇怪的机械装置是现代汽车的原型。 (2) 设计者已经制造了汽车的工作原型。 (3) 这是未来的学校建筑的蓝本。 (4) 他是具有良好教养的典范。 (5) 一些事物是从雏形演化而来的。 |
vocabulary简明 | A prototype is the original model, like a sample on which to base future designs. A company designing a new toaster will first design and build a prototype, to test it out and see if it's any good. |
vocabulary扩展 | A prototype is your test case and becomes the model on which to base the design of the finished product. Often, however, the prototype can be a phase to work out the bugs. The prototype of our hands-free toothbrush was too dangerous; it needed to return to the lab for serious improvements. Like the word archetype, the word prototype can also mean the standard on which to base a definition of something. "A prototypical cheerleader is the girl to which all other cheerleaders might aspire." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]原型;样品;样本 A prototype is a new type of machine or device which is not yet ready to be made in large numbers and sold. [oft N
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]模范;典型 If you say that someone or something is a prototype of a type of person or thing, you mean that they are the first or most typical one of that type. [usu N
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