prototype
n
first or original example of sth that has been or will be copied or developed; model or preliminary version 事物之原始形态; 原型; 雏形; 模型; 蓝本
the prototype for future school buildings 未来的学校建筑的模型
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a prototype supersonic aircraft 超音速飞机的样机.
And then I watched all the glasses that were on the table fall off onto the floor.
接着我看到桌上所有的玻璃杯都掉到了地板上。
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.