来自法语mannequin,来自荷兰语manneken,小人,词源同manikin.用于指展示衣服的人体模型,后引申词义时装模特。
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.
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