Prototype 是原型的意思，在托福中对应的单词就是model。

各大车厂在推出新车之前，都会先做一款原型车。样子看起来有点原始，这是SLS AMG的prototype

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其实，在电视作品中，同样可以找到很多的prototypes.

2009年，芒果台的自制电视剧《一起来看流星雨》着实让我们欣赏一场雷死人的雷阵雨，其中的人物角色的prototype都是日本漫画《花样男子》中的角色，比如慕容云海就是那个头发像蚯蚓的道明寺啦。对了，最近芒果台（也有人称马桶台）又有一部清朝版《流星花园》——《宫锁心玉》，真是雷死人不偿命啊，可是奇了怪了，越雷越火，越有人看，就是边骂边看。http://fmn.xnpic.com/fmn049/20110226/1005/b_large_7I0i_5609000510905c43.jpg

而现在非常热门的《爱情公寓》系列，其中人物prototype也出自经典美剧《老友记》，甚至连其中的某些桥段都是模仿《老友记》的，山寨的东西都能这么火，难怪其中有一句经典的对白：“山寨机，就是牛！”“我们一直用它！”

其实，其中有些故事情节还是不错的，同学们不妨看看，找找角色对应的是《老友记》的哪一个原型。

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Definition of PROTOTYPE

1

: an original model on which something is patterned : archetype

2

: an individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type

3

: a standard or typical example

4

: a first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction (as an airplane)

Examples of PROTOTYPE

1. They tested the prototype of the car.
2. He is developing a prototype for his invention.
3. He is the prototype of a conservative businessman.
4. The Sherlock Holmes stories are the prototypes of modern detective stories.

Origin of PROTOTYPE

French, from Greek prōtotypon, from neuter of prōtotypos archetypal, from prōt- + typos type

First Known Use: 1552

Related to PROTOTYPE

Synonyms: case, exemplar, exemplification, illustration, instance, example, representative, sample, specimen

Antonyms: descendant (also descendent)

Related Words: archetype, classic, locus classicus, paradigm; cross section, microcosm; evidence, indication, manifestation, sign

Near Antonyms: by-product, derivative, offshoot, outgrowth, spin-off; daughter, son

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