prototypes

英 [ˈprəʊtəʊtaɪps]

美 [ˈproʊtəˌtaɪps]

n. 原型; 雏形; 最初形态
prototype的复数

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 原型；样品；样本
Aprototypeis a new type of machine or device which is not yet ready to be made in large numbers and sold.
1. 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种叫波转子的机器的样机。
2. ...the first prototype aircraft.
  第一架飞机样机
N-COUNT 模范；典型
If you say that someone or something is aprototype ofa type of person or thing, you mean that they are the first or most typical one of that type.
1. He was the prototype of the elder statesman.
  他是老一辈政治家的典型。