a guinea pig
/ə ˈɡɪni pɪɡ/NEUTRAL · B2
中文对应近似对应
小白鼠
字面意思: «一只豚鼠»
含义
someone used to test a new product or method
用来试验新产品或新方法的人.
例句
- 1I was a guinea pig for my brother's first attempt at baking bread.
- 2The developer used me as a guinea pig for the new booking system.
- 3Before offering the course to everyone, the tutor used me as a guinea pig to try her new method.
- 4Would you be a guinea pig for this prototype and report which buttons don't work?
- 5Being a guinea pig for the app meant testing unfinished features and reporting every fault.
语法
可数:a guinea pig,复数 guinea pigs。常用在 use someone as 或 act as 之后;只有 pig 加复数词尾。
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