model

['modl] 1. noun

1) (a copy or representation of something usually on a much smaller scale: a model of the Taj Mahal; (also adjective) a model aeroplane.) model

2) (a particular type or design of something, eg a car, that is manufactured in large numbers: Our car is a 1999 model.) model

3) (a person who wears clothes etc so that possible buyers can see them being worn: He has a job as a male fashion model.) maneken, manekenka

4) (a person who is painted, sculpted, photographed etc by an artist, photographer etc: I work as an artist's model.) model

5) (something that can be used to copy from.) vzorec

6) (a person or thing which is an excellent example: She is a model of politeness; (also adjective) model behaviour.) vzor

2. verb

1) (to wear (clothes etc) to show them to possible buyers: They model (underwear) for a living.) biti maneken, manekenka

2) (to work or pose as a model for an artist, photographer etc: She models at the local art school.) pozirati

3) (to make models (of things or people): to model (the heads of famous people) in clay.) modelirati

4) (to form (something) into a (particular) shape: She modelled the clay into the shape of a penguin; She models herself on her older sister.) oblikovati; zgledovati se

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- modelling

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I [mɔdl]

adjective

vzoren, zgleden; vzorčen, modelarski

model husband — vzoren soprog

model tank — poskusni tank

model school — eksperimentalna šola

II [mɔdl]

noun

model, vzor (for za); vzorec, kalup; slikarski model; maneken

after ( —ali on) the model of — po vzoru

to act as a model to — biti komu za model

III [mɔdl]

1.

transitive verb

modelirati, oblikovati; figuratively oblikovati po vzoru na (after, on, upon);

2.

intransitive verb

napraviti vzorec; biti za model, biti maneken

to model o.s. on ( —ali upon, after) — vzeti si koga za vzor