But why did they stand like dummies?.. men are killed, this is serious business, you can't stand there and wait till you're hit. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book III, ch. VIII) — Но почему же они стояли как изваяния?.. кругом убивают, бой - дело нешуточное. Нельзя же стоять и ждать, когда в тебя попадут.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.
Dummy whist — Origin England Players 3 … Wikipedia
Dummy head recording — Dummy head being used for binaural recording; the second microphone is obscured. In acoustics, dummy head recording (also known as artificial head or Kunstkopf) is a method used to make binaural recordings, that allow a listener wearing… … Wikipedia
Dummy Leitner — Pitcher Born: June 19, 1871(1871 06 19) Parkton, Maryland Died: February 20, 1960(1960 02 20) (aged 88) Baltimore, Maryland … Wikipedia
Dummy pronoun — A dummy pronoun (formally: expletive pronoun or pleonastic pronoun) is a type of pronoun used in non pro drop languages, such as English. It is used when a particular verb argument (or preposition) is nonexistent (it could also be unknown,… … Wikipedia
dummy — ▪ I. dummy dum‧my 1 [ˈdʌmi] noun dummies PLURALFORM [countable] 1. MARKETING a product that is made to look like a real product and is used for testing, obtaining people s opinions etc 2 … Financial and business terms
Dummy variable (statistics) — In statistics and econometrics, particularly in regression analysis, a dummy variable (also known as an indicator variable) is one that takes the values 0 or 1 to indicate the absence or presence of some categorical effect that may be expected to … Wikipedia
dummy — dum|my1 [ˈdʌmi] n plural dummies ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for clothes)¦ 2¦(copy)¦ 3¦(doll)¦ 4¦(sports)¦ 5¦(for babies)¦ 6¦(stupid person)¦ 7¦(card game)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
Dummy tank — World War I, Australian troops carrying a dummy, Mark IV tank (1917) A dummy tank is a type of decoy intended to fool an enemy into believing a fake tank, usually inflatable or wooden, is real. Dummy tanks emerged soon after the introduction of… … Wikipedia
dummy — 1 noun (C) 1 COPY an object that is made to look like a tool, weapon, vehicle etc but which you cannot use: Don t worry about the gun, it s a dummy. 2 FOR CLOTHES a large model in the shape of a person, especially used when you are making clothes … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Dummy (comics) — For the DC Comics villain, see Dummy (DC Comics). Dummy Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics … Wikipedia
dummy — /ˈdʌmi / (say dumee) noun (plural dummies) 1. an imitation or copy of something, as for display, to indicate appearance, exhibit clothing, etc. 2. Colloquial a stupid person; dolt. 3. someone who has nothing to say or who takes no active part in… …
