prototype

prototype
noun
  1. a first or preliminary model of something,especially a machine,from which other forms are developed or copied
    (尤指机器的)原型;样机,样本
    the firm is testing a prototype of the weapon.
    该公司正在测试这种武器的一种原型。
    ■a typical example of something
    模范,典型
    these objects are the prototypes of a category of rapidly spinning neutron stars.
    他娶了个理想的典型堂区牧师妻子。
    ■the archetypal example of a class of living organisms,astronomical objects,or other items
    (生物、天体等的)原始型
    these objects are the prototypes of a category of rapidly spinning neutron stars.
    这些天体是一类旋转极快的中子星的原始型。
    ■a building,vehicle,or other object which acts as a pattern for a full-scale model
    (建筑,汽车等的)全真模型
    ■(Electronics)a basic filter network with specified cut-off frequencies, from which other networks may be derived to obtain sharper cut-offs, constancy of characteristic impedance with frequency, etc
    (电子)原型滤波网络
verb
  1. [with obj.]make a prototype of (a product)
    制作原型
派生
prototypal
adjective
prototypic
adjective
prototypical
adjective
prototypically
adverb
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (denoting the original of which something else is a copy or derivative): via French or late Latin from Greek prōtotupos (see proto-, type)
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