Lay Figure

Mannequin (alternately, manikin, mannikin, manakin, dummy, lay figure, or The Mannequins). The word comes from the Dutch word manneken, literally meaning 'little man'. Mannequin is the French form.A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery. Also called lay figure.A life-size, articulated doll mainly used to display clothing. Mannequins with simulated airways are used in the teaching of first aid, CPR and advanced airway management skills such as intubation.In computer simulation, virtual manikins are used to model the behaviour of the human body.
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Noun
1. dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body
(hypernym) dummy

Synonyms and related words:
Charlie McCarthy, air brush, art paper, brush, bust, camera lucida, camera obscura, canvas, carving, chalk, charcoal, cipher, clay model, crayon, creature, doll, dolly, drawing paper, drawing pencil, drier, dud, dummy, easel, fantoccini, figure, figurehead, figurine, fixative, front, front man, gingerbread man, ground, hollow man, jackstraw, man of straw, manikin, mannequin, marionette, maulstick, medium, mock-up, model, monument, nebbish, nobody, nominal head, nonentity, nothing, nullity, paint, paintbrush, palette, palette knife, pastel, pencil, pigments, pilot model, portrait bust, puppet, pushover, scarecrow, scratchboard, sculpture, siccative, sketchbook, sketchpad, snowman, spatula, spray gun, statuary, statue, statuette, stooge, stump, thing of naught, trifle, varnish, wax figure, waxwork, wood carving, wood model, zero
  

lay figure /'lei'figə/
danh từ người giả (thợ may dùng để mặc quần áo) người không quan trọng, người không giá trị; bù nhìn nhân vật hư cấu, nhân vật không có trong thực tế (tiểu thuyết)
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