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mod·el1 /ˈmɒdl $ ˈmɑːdl/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countableC] 1 
small copy 小的仿制物COPY a small copy of a building, vehicle, machine etc, especially one that can be put together from separate parts 〔尤指可拼装的〕模型
small copy 小的仿制物COPY a small copy of a building, vehicle, machine etc, especially one that can be put together from separate parts 〔尤指可拼装的〕模型model of
They showed us a model of the building.
他们向我们展示了大楼的模型。
a working model (=one with parts which move) of a steam engine
蒸汽机车的活动模型
2 fashion 时装DCBO someone whose job is to show clothes, hairstyles etc by wearing them at fashion shows or for photographs 时装模特
a top fashion model
顶级时装模特
a male model
男时装模特
3 type of car etc 汽车等的型号TYPE a particular type or design of a vehicle or machine 〔车辆或机器的〕样式，型号
Renault are introducing three new models at the show.
雷诺公司将在这次展会上推出三款新车型。
Our dishwasher is the latest model (=newest design).
我们的洗碗机是最新的型号。
the 2.8 litre V6 model
2.8升V6车型
4 description 描述DESCRIBE a computer representation or scientific description of something 〔用于模拟实物的〕计算机模型，计算机模拟；科学模型，科学模式
model of
Scientists are building computer models of the ocean currents.
科学家正在建立计算机洋流模型。
5 SB/STH to copy 可效仿的人/事物IMITATE someone or something which people want to copy because they are successful or have good qualities 值得效仿的做事方式，典范
model for
It served as a model for other cities.
这为其他城市作出了榜样。
He used English medieval architecture as his model.
他以中世纪的英国建筑作为模板。
role model (=someone that you try to copy because they have qualities you would like to have) 榜样
Good teachers can act as positive role models.
好老师能起到好榜样的作用。
6 model of efficiency/virtue etc someone or something that has a lot of a good quality 效率/美德等的典范
She was a model of honesty and decency.
她是诚实和正派的典范。
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model of efficiency/virtue etc• Mr. Howard I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman is citing Lambeth council as a model of efficiency and good practice.• The police, when they arrived, were models of efficiency and solicitude.
7. art 艺术AVBO someone who is employed by an artist or photographer to be painted or photographed 〔绘画或摄影的〕模特
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model• Darwin himself saw disease as a model of change.• White's team made a model of the new ballpark to show the public.• As children build models they learn about design and construction.• We also have a deluxe model for $125.• The wealthy girl had every model of Ginny doll and steamer trunks full of clothes for them.• Do women really want to look like fashion models?• Full client participation is essential to ensure accuracy when compiling the information model.• Two more models are going up by Wilshire Homes of Austin.• Ford Motor Co. will offer new features and new models this year.• There was a shelf in his bedroom full of model planes.• We produce a range of different computers, but this is our most popular model.• Civil society is a classical economist's model of the free market.• Seven of their 1:20 scale models have been chosen for exhibition and two have been combined to provide the full-scale installation.• The 1957 photo shows him holding a scale model of an ocean liner he built entirely by hand.• The example of the development of today's plate tectonic model of the Earth follows this pattern.• Page three models and married rubber fetishists, with a slave on the side, flickered before our very astonished eyes.• "What make is the car?" "It's a Ford." "And what model?" "An Escort 1.8L."
model of• As a politician, she was a model of integrity and decency.• He has a shelf full of models of airplanes that never got built.
latest model• No sooner does the latest model take its place in the market, than it is superseded by another development.• It was a happy debut for the latest model to drop off the fast-bowling conveyor belt.• Remember, you can at any time exchange our equipment for the latest models as soon as they become available.• For on the latest models, try the computer press and like Stuff and T3.• The latest model of the minivan went into production last year.• The latest model on the market.• So what is this latest model?
role model• Banneker can be a role model for them.• At my age I should probably be a role model to a few others.• He is a role model of a gentleman and of how contentment can be found in being a gentleman.• Brando's a role model for everybody in the business.• But most men do not choose their fathers as role models as they move away from their families and into the world.• Fonda, Hopper and especially Nicholson were used as role models for many future films, and thus it broke new ground.• He's a wonderfully kind man and an excellent role model for the children.• Our new role model, Hildamay, isn't selfish: more a regular girl guide.• There aren't enough positive role models for young people today, especially for minority groups.• Mary Martin no doubt offered a strong role model.
ldoce_225_amodel2 ●●○ adjectiveadj
1 model aircraft/train/car etc DHTCOPYa small copy of an aircraft, train etc, especially one that a child can play with or put together from separate parts 〔尤指儿童可以玩或拼装的〕飞机/火车/汽车等模型
He is playing with his model railway.
他在玩模型铁轨。
She builds model aeroplanes in her spare time.
她在业余时间制作飞机模型。
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model aircraft/train/car etc• Loafers that looked more like model cars.• A model car doesn't have to contain all the elements of an internal combustion engine in order to work as a toy!• The sum was raised at a model aircraft flying display that was all but washed out through appalling weather.• Corgi sent a full range of their model cars, including Rolls Royces and Porsches.• Andrew has been prompted to make a model car like his dad's.• Some people like model trains or football.• Genghis, assembled out of model car parts, weighed only 3. 6 pounds.• I built model cars when I was younger.
2 model wife/employee/student etc PERFECTa wife, employee (=worker) etc who is considered to be good because they do everything they should 模范妻子/雇员/学生等 SYN exemplary
His lawyers tried to show him as a model husband and father.
他的律师们竭力想证明他是一位模范丈夫和模范父亲。
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model wife/employee/student etc• Afterwards she would be full of remorse and would return to playing the clean-living model student.• First, she had to have earned good grades; second, she had to have been a model student.• Two other girls were model students.• In all she was a model wife, and earned the esteem of everyone in the town.• Unlike Aung San and Sukarno he was a model student, excelling despite his marginal position.• How is that model employee of yours?• He is in other words a model student though not necessarily a good one.• Xavier Hicks, model student, was being charged with assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a concealed weapon.
3. model prison/farm/school etc BESTa prison etc that has been specially designed or organized to be as good as possible 模范监狱/农场/学校等
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model prison/farm/school etc• The jail is less than a year old and has been hailed as a model prison.• Wave of unrest hits model prison.• The Economic Societies encouraged local industries, set up model farms, and sponsored new crops.• Before applying the impact of support charges, his model farm produced a farm gross margin of £101,000 under farm income-optimising calculations.• There he built a model farm specialising in truffles - the regional speciality - potatoes and nuts.• A model farm was built for the herd in 1850 but after 1870 the herd's size was never more than 100.
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model• A model car doesn't have to contain all the elements of an internal combustion engine in order to work as a toy!• I built model cars when I was younger.• It was his idea that it would become a model city at an initial cost of £100,000.• After his death the Henderson family bought the estate and built model cottages designed by Ernest George and Peto in the village.• Chris always got to work early and left late - the model employee.• There, the model home styles are named after lakes, springs and, more recently, famous golf courses.• Karen was a model student: hardworking, intelligent and enthusiastic.• Two other girls were model students.• Planning Guidance on Architects Advisory panels for panel members and panel users was prepared together with model terms of reference.
Clothes & fashion, Visual, Computers
model3 verb (modelled, modelling British EnglishBrE, modeled, modeling American EnglishAmE) 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DCBBM to wear clothes at a fashion show or in magazine photographs in order to show them to people 当模特；作为模特向顾客展示〔服装〕
She’s modeling Donna Karan’s fall collection.
她在为唐娜•凯兰的秋装系列当模特。
Claire modelled for a few years when she was in her twenties.
克莱尔在二十几岁时做过几年模特。
2 model yourself on somebody British EnglishBrE, model yourself after somebody American EnglishIMITATE to try to be like someone else because you admire them 以某人为榜样
Jim had always modelled himself on his great hero, Martin Luther King.
吉姆总是以他心目中的大英雄马丁•路德•金为榜样。
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model yourself on somebody• Thomas Becket modelled himself on Anselm - in his exile, his inflexibility, his austerities.• Dean was another rebel, no doubt modelling himself on his two idols.• As we grow up we model ourselves on our parents, identifying with them and imitating them.• If the C of E models itself on Parliament, the Methodists model themselves on a school prize-giving.• A number had decided to model themselves on the behaviors and demeanor of a favorite boss or company hero-a very reasonable strategy.• Plenty of singers, wisely or otherwise, have modelled themselves on the heroes and villains of great literature.• For men to model themselves on Ulysses rather than Hercules.• Nobody's modelled themselves on us, they've gone more the Roses and the Mondays.
3 be modelled on something COPYto be designed in a way that copies another system or way of doing something 模仿[效仿，仿制]某事物
Their education system is modelled on the French one.
他们的教育体制是模仿法国的。
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be modelled on something• His remaining hair is modelled on a Dendix ski slope.• Irene Hills's face is modelled on an Easter Island statue.• Second-order constructs are similar to scientific constructs and are modelled on ideal-typical situations.• The later extension of the differential principle to non-linguistic issues is modelled on its original linguistic formulation.• Both are modelled on Labov's work in New York City.• The research method will be modelled on previous work of members of the Aesthetics Research Group published during the period 1973-82.• Even its uniforms are modelled on those of the Royal Navy.
4 [transitiveT]TICCOPY to do a computer representation or scientific description of a situation or event 〔用计算机〕做出〔情景、事件〕的模型
They used a computer to model the possible effects of global warming.
他们用计算机来模拟全球变暖可能造成的影响。
5. [transitiveT] to make something by shaping clay, wood etc 用〔黏土或木头等材料〕塑造
—modeller noun [countableC]
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model• Most of the decor in this part of the house was modelled after Hollywood's idea of elaborate period furnishings.• Here we have a Kenar T-shirt modeled by Linda Evangelista.• All the tee-shirts were modelled by the pupils during the school's fashion show organised by the Parent Teachers Association.• She made a living modeling for art classes.• I modelled them on the shape of your abdomen when you strode out of the sea last month.• She also attended a kindergarten school where she first demonstrated her talent for modelling with clay.
From Longman Business Dictionary
modelmod·el /ˈmɒdlˈmɑːdl/ noun
1[countableC] a particular type or design of a vehicle or machine
the cheapest model in the Volkswagen range
Our photocopier is the latest model.
→ see also brand1, make22[countableC] a simple description or structure that is used to help people understand similar systems or structures
a theoretical model
a computer model of the main factors determining a company’s market share
3[countableC] the way in which something is done by a particular country, person etc that can be copied by others who want similar results
the American model of airline deregulation
(1500-1600) French modèle, from Old Italian modello, from Latin modulus; → MODULE