1. 原型；樣品；樣本 A prototype is a new type of machine or device which is not yet ready to be made in large numbers and sold.
e.g. Chris Retzler has built a prototype of a machine called the wave rotor. 克里斯·雷茨勒已制造出了一種叫波轉子的機器的樣機。 e.g. ...the first prototype aircraft. 第一架飛機樣機
2. 模范；典型 If you say that someone or something is a prototype of a type of person or thing, you mean that they are the first or most typical one of that type.
prototype什么意思
e.g. He was the prototype of the elder statesman. 他是老一輩政治家的典型。
prototype英英釋義
noun
1. a standard or typical example
e.g. he is the prototype of good breeding he provided America with an image of the good father