dummy

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Modello a forma di persona usato per esporre vestiti o fare prove di sicurezza.

In inglese semplice: A model shaped like a person, used to display clothes or test safety.

• The dummy wears a blue coat.
• They used dummies to test the new car.
• She put the dress on a dummy.

Sinonimi: mannequin, human model

Espressioni comuni: shop dummy, crash test dummy, training dummy

sciocco, idiota

Parola usata per indicare una persona ritenuta stupida; può essere offensiva.

In inglese semplice: Someone you think is stupid; calling someone this can be hurtful.

• Do not be a dummy.
• I felt like a dummy after that mistake.
• She called him a dummy for losing the keys.

Sinonimi: fool, idiot

Espressioni comuni: a complete dummy, call someone dummy

segnaposto, simulacro

Oggetto usato al posto di quello vero per prove o altri scopi.

In inglese semplice: Something used in place of a real thing for testing or another purpose.

• This file is just a dummy.
• We used a dummy while testing the system.
• Replace the dummies with real customer records.

Sinonimi: placeholder, stand-in

Espressioni comuni: a dummy file, use a dummy

pupazzo da ventriloquo

Pupazzo che un artista fa sembrare parlante mentre tiene ferme le proprie labbra.

In inglese semplice: A puppet that a performer makes seem to speak while keeping their own lips still.

• The dummy sat on his knee.
• Her dummy told a funny story.
• The performer gave both dummies different voices.

Sinonimi: puppet

Espressioni comuni: ventriloquist dummy, wooden dummy

finto, simulato

Realizzato o usato al posto di qualcosa di vero, spesso per fare prove.

In inglese semplice: Made or used to take the place of something real, often for testing.

• We used dummy names in the report.
• This dummy phone cannot make calls.
• The students practised on dummy patients.

Sinonimi: fake, mock, simulated

Contrari: real

Espressioni comuni: dummy account, dummy data, dummy device

fare un modello

Creare una versione semplice di prova che non funziona completamente.

In inglese semplice: To make a simple test version of something that does not fully work.

• We can dummy up a small stage.
• They dummied up a screen for the rehearsal.
• The team is dummying up a new control panel.

Come si usa: dummy up something (We need to dummy up a display before building the real one.)

Sinonimi: mock up, prototype

Espressioni comuni: dummy something up, dummy up props

molto, estremamente

Indica che una qualità o una situazione raggiunge un grado molto alto.

In inglese semplice: To a very great degree.

• It is dummy hot today.
• That game was dummy hard.
• These shoes are dummy expensive.

Sinonimi: very, extremely, really

Espressioni comuni: dummy hot, dummy hard, dummy good