英语词汇vip dummy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	vip dummy
词源	V.I.P. dummy. The name given to the first automotive crash- test dummy in 1968 by U.S. inventor Samuel W. Alderson (1914–2005). Such dummies have been used to test automotive safety features like seat belts and air bags, which are estimated to have saved over 329,000 lives to date. Before dummies were so employed, cadavers were used for the same purpose. Today, the far more sophisticated Hybrid III crash dummy has re- placed V.I.P.
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