人体模型

[ noun ]
dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body
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Lay \Lay\, n.
1. That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having
been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a
layer; as, a lay of stone or wood. --Addison.

A viol should have a lay of wire strings below.
--Bacon.

Note: The lay of a rope is right-handed or left-handed
according to the hemp or strands are laid up. See
{Lay}, v. t., 16. The lay of land is its topographical
situation, esp. its slope and its surface features.

2. A wager. ``My fortunes against any lay worth naming.''

3.
(a) A job, price, or profit. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
(b) A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise;
as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees
for a certain lay. [U. S.]

4. (Textile Manuf.)
(a) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st {Lea}
(a) .
(b) The lathe of a loom. See {Lathe}, 3.

5. A plan; a scheme. [Slang] --Dickens.

{Lay figure}.
(a) A jointed model of the human body that may be put in
any attitude; -- used for showing the disposition of
drapery, etc.
(b) A mere puppet; one who serves the will of others
without independent volition.

{Lay race}, that part of a lay on which the shuttle travels
in weaving; -- called also {shuttle race}.

{the lay of the land}, the general situation or state of
affairs.

{to get the lay of the land}, to learn the general situation
or state of affairs, especially in preparation for action.


Figure \Fig"ure\ (f[i^]g"[-u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura;
akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See {Feign}.]
1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

Flowers have all exquisite figures. --Bacon.

2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting,
modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a
representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze;
a figure cut in marble.

A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak.

3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article;
a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a
pretty figure.

4. (Geom.) A diagram or drawing, made to represent a
magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a
surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called
superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when
inclosed by surfaces; any arrangement made up of points,
lines, angles, surfaces, etc.

5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career
of a person; as, a sorry figure.

I made some figure there. --Dryden.

Gentlemen of the best figure in the county.
--Blackstone.

6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous
representation; splendor; show.

That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law.

7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a
digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.

8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are
estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.]

With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest
figure. --Thackeray.

9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to
another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes
a type or representative.

Who is the figure of Him that was to come. --Rom. v.
14.

10. (Rhet.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas
by words which suggest pictures or images from the
physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any
deviation from the plainest form of statement. Also
called a {figure of speech}.

To represent the imagination under the figure of a
wing. --Macaulay.

11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the
relative position of the middle term.

12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or
movements made by a dancer.

13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the
astrological houses. --Johnson.

14. (Music)
(a) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as
a group of chords, which produce a single complete
and distinct impression. --Grove.
(b) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a
strain or passage; a musical phrase or motive; a
florid embellishment.

Note: Figures are often written upon the staff in music to
denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the
form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many
notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained
in one measure or bar. Thus, 2/4 signifies that the
measure contains two quarter notes. The following are
the principal figures used for this purpose: --
2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8

{Academy figure}, {Canceled figures}, {Lay figure}, etc. See
under {Academy}, {Cancel}, {Lay}, etc.

{Figure caster}, or {Figure flinger}, an astrologer. ``This
figure caster.'' --Milton.

{Figure flinging}, the practice of astrology.

{Figure-of-eight knot}, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See
Illust. under {Knot}.

{Figure painting}, a picture of the human figure, or the act
or art of depicting the human figure.

{Figure stone} (Min.), agalmatolite.

{Figure weaving}, the art or process of weaving figured
fabrics.

{To cut a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.] --Sir W.
Scott.