Word · Frequency #6557
prototype
原型；样机
An original form, model, or early sample that serves as a basis for later versions or is built to test a concept.
- 1.
An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models.
作为其他形式或物体(特别是制造品)或其概括和模型的基础的原始形式或物体。
- 2.
a standard or typical example
标准或典型的例子
- 3.
An early sample or model built to test a concept or process.
为测试概念或过程而构建的早期样品或模型。
- 4.
A declaration of a function that specifies the name, return type, and parameters, but none of the body or actual code.
声明函数的名称、返回类型和参数,但不包含函数体或实际代码的函数声明。
- 5.
An instance of a category or a concept that combines its most representative attributes.
结合了最具代表性属性的类别或概念的实例。
- 6.
A type of race car, a racing sports car not based on a production car. A 4-wheeled cockpit-seating car built especially for racing on sports car circuits, that does not use the silhouette related to a consumer road car.
一种赛车类型,一种不是基于量产车的赛车运动汽车。一种专为在运动车赛道上比赛而制造的四轮座舱式汽车,与消费级公路车的外观无关。
典型；范例；函数原型；原型赛车；作为其他形式或物体(特别是制造品)或其概括和模型的基础的原始形式或物体。；标准或典型的例子
In use
The company built a prototype of the new smartphone to test its features.
This early painting is considered a prototype of the artist's later style.
Engineers are working on a prototype for the electric car's battery system.
he is the prototype of good breeding
prototype of something
表示某物是某类别或系列的原型。
The Wright brothers' flyer was the prototype of all modern airplanes.
莱特兄弟的飞行器是所有现代飞机的原型。
prototype for something
表示某物是未来产品或开发的原型。
This design can serve as a prototype for future electric cars.
这个设计可作为未来电动汽车的原型。
Connections
Collocations
- working prototype
- 工作原型
- The team demonstrated a working prototype of the device.团队展示了该设备的工作原型。
- early prototype
- 早期原型
- We built an early prototype to test the concept.我们制作了一个早期原型来测试这个概念。
- prototype model
- 原型模型
- The engineer presented the prototype model at the conference.工程师在会议上展示了原型模型。
- prototype stage
- 原型阶段
- The product is still in the prototype stage.该产品仍处于原型阶段。
- prototype testing
- 原型测试
- Prototype testing revealed several design flaws.原型测试揭示了几个设计缺陷。
- prototype design
Learner notes
Memory Tip
pro-像'前'，type是类型，联想'前类型'即原型。
Context & Register
[object Object]
Grammar Note
可数名词；常接介词of
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words ending in -type (type, stereotype, archetype, genotype, phenotype) all rhyme with prototype, sharing the /taɪp/ ending. Beware of lookalikes like typical (/ˈtɪpɪkəl/) and typist (/ˈtaɪpɪst/) which are not true rhymes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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