(pl. -ies)
1
- a model or replica of a human being假人, 仿制品, 人体模型：
a waxwork dummy.
一尊蜡像。
1.1
- a figure used for displaying or fitting clothes（陈列服装或试衣用的）人体模型, 模特儿：
a tailor's dummy.
裁缝用的人体模型。
1.2
- a ventriloquist's doll（腹语术表演者用的）假人。
1.3
- a person taking no real part or present only for appearances; a figurehead挂名者, 虚设者; 傀儡。
1.4
- Bridge the declarer's partner, whose cards are exposed on the table after the opening lead and played by the declarer【桥牌】明手。
1.5
- Bridge the exposed hand of the declarer's partner【桥牌】（一手）明手牌。
1.6
- an imaginary fourth player in whist（惠斯特牌戏中的）虚拟搭档：
as modifier dummy whist.（三人打的）明手式惠斯特。
2
- an object designed to resemble and serve as a substitute for the real or usual one仿制品, 仿造物; （空壳）样品：
tests using stuffed owls and wooden dummies
用猫头鹰标本和木质仿制品做的试验
as modifier a dummy torpedo.假鱼雷。
2.1
- Brit. a rubber or plastic teat for a baby to suck on〈英〉橡皮（或塑料）奶头。
2.2
- a prototype or mock-up, especially of a book or the layout of a page（尤指版面的）空白样本（或样张）; （书的）装帧样本。
2.3
- a blank round of ammunition空包弹。
2.4
- as modifier Grammar denoting a word that has no semantic content but is used to maintain grammatical structure【语法】假代的, 形式的（只有语法功能而无语义的）：
a dummy subject as in 'it is' or 'there are'.
如在'it is' 或 'there are'中的形式主语。
3
- (chiefly in rugby and soccer) a feigned pass or kick intended to deceive an opponent（主要指橄榄球及英式足球中的）假传球（或踢球）动作。
4
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. a stupid person〈非正式, 主北美〉笨蛋, 蠢人。
(-ies, -ied)no obj.
- (chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent（主要指在橄榄球及英式足球中）做假传球（或踢球）动作：
Blanco dummied past a static defence.
布兰科做了一个假动作晃过了消极的防守队员。
短语
sell someone a dummy
- (chiefly in rugby and soccer) deceive an opponent by feigning a pass or kick（主要指在橄榄球及英式足球中）以假传球（或踢球）动作来迷惑某人。
词源
late 16th cent.: from DUMB + -Y1. The original sense was 'a person who cannot speak', then 'an imaginary fourth player in whist' （mid 18th cent.）, whence 'a substitute for the real thing' and 'a model of a human being' （mid 19th cent.）.
短语动词
dummy up
- N. Amer. informal keep quiet; give no information〈北美, 非正式〉不吭声, 充哑巴。