a guinea pig

معنی

someone used to test a new product or method

کسی که محصول یا روشی تازه را روی او آزمایش می‌کنند.

مثال‌ها

1. 1I was a guinea pig for my brother’s first attempt at baking bread.
2. 2The developer used me as a guinea pig for the new booking system.
3. 3Before offering the course to everyone, the tutor used me as a guinea pig to try her new method.
4. 4Would you be a guinea pig for this prototype and report which buttons don’t work?
5. 5Being a guinea pig for the app meant testing unfinished features and reporting every fault.

دستور زبان

اسم قابل‌شمارش: a guinea pig، جمع guinea pigs. اغلب بعد از use someone as یا act as می‌آید؛ فقط pig نشانه‌ی جمع می‌گیرد.