1902, "model to display clothes," from French mannequin (15c.), from Dutch manneken (see manikin). A French form of the same word that yielded manikin, and sometimes mannequin was used in English in a sense "artificial man" (especially in translations of Hugo). Originally of persons, in a sense where we might use "model."
A mannequin is a good-looking, admirably formed young lady, whose mission is to dress herself in her employer's latest "creations," and to impart to them the grace which only perfect forms can give. Her grammar may be bad, and her temper worse, but she must have the chic the Parisienne possesses, no matter whether she hails from the aristocratic Faubourg St. Germain or from the Faubourg Montmartre. ["The Bystander," Aug. 15, 1906]
Later (by 1939) of artificial model figures to display clothing.
实用例句
1. She was too fat to be a mannequin.
她太胖了以至于不能成为一个时装模特.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. It had a mannequin head and two fabric arms.
巴尼有个橱窗模特的脑袋和两只布料缝制的手臂.来自互联网
3. Mannequin had the same physical characteristics as real human body.
人体模型与真实的生物人体具备相同的物理性能.来自互联网
4. Soldiers search the debris pulling out the mannerquin mannequin victims.
