词典释义：
a first or preliminary model of something,especially a machine,from which other forms are developed or copied
（尤指机器的）原型；样机，样本
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the firm is testing a prototype of the weapon .该公司正在测试这种武器的一种原型。
a typical example of something
模范，典型
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he was married to the prototype of an ideal parson's wife. 他娶了个理想的典型堂区牧师妻子。
the archetypal example of a class of living organisms,astronomical objects,or other items
（生物、天体等的）原始型
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these objects are the prototypes of a category of rapidly spinning neutron stars .这些天体是一类旋转极快的中子星的原始型。
a building,vehicle,or other object which acts as a pattern for a full-scale model
（建筑，汽车等的）全真模型。
【电子】 原型滤波网络。
make a prototype of (a product)
制作（产品的）原型。
"late 16th cent． （denoting the original of which something else is a copy or derivative）： via French or late Latin from Greek
