1590s, "mute person," from dumb (adj.) + -y (3). Extended by 1845 to "figure representing a person." Used in card games (originally whist) since 1736. Meaning "dolt, blockhead" is from 1796.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. They asked her to put together a dummy for a new magazine.
他們讓她為一本新雜志攢一份小樣。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The seamstresses cluck around a dummy, discussing a tuck here and there.