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.
双语例句
1. They asked her to put together a dummy for a new magazine.
他们让她为一本新杂志攒一份小样。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The seamstresses cluck around a dummy, discussing a tuck here and there.