English主要词典
model
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
small copy
1 a copy of sth, usually smaller than the original object:
a working model (= one in which the parts move) of a fire engine * to make / build model aeroplanes * The architect had produced a scale model of the proposed shopping complex.
design
2 a particular design or type of product:
The latest models will be on display at the motor show.
description of system
3 a simple description of a system, used for explaining how sth works or calculating what might happen, etc:
a mathematical model for determining the safe level of pesticides in food * a realistic model of evolution
example to copy
4 something such as a system that can be copied by other people:
The nation's constitution provided a model that other countries followed.
5 (approving) a person or thing that is considered an excellent example of sth:
It was a model of clarity. * a model student * a model farm (= one that has been specially designed to work well)
seealsoROLEMODEL
fashion
6 a person whose job is to wear and show new styles of clothes and be photographed wearing them:
a fashion model * a male model
for artist
7 a person who is employed to be painted, drawn, photographed, etc. by an artist or photographer
verb (-ll-, AmE -l-)
work as model
1 [V] to work as a model for an artist or in the fashion industry
clothes
2 [VN] to wear clothes in order to show them to people who might want to buy them:
The wedding gown is being modelled for us by the designer's daughter.
create copy
3 [VN] to create a copy of an activity, a situation, etc. so that you can study it before dealing with the real thing:
The program can model a typical home page for you.
clay etc.
4 [VN] to shape clay, etc. in order to make sth:
a statue modelled in bronze
PHRASALVERBS
model yourself on sb to copy the behaviour, style, etc. of sb you like and respect in order to be like them:
As a politician, he modelled himself on Churchill.
model sth on / after sth to make sth so that it looks, works, etc. like sth else:
The country's parliament is modelled on the British system.
