cardboard cutout
noun [ C ] (also cardboard cut-out) uk/ˌkɑːd.bɔːd ˈkʌt.aʊt/ us/ˌkɑːrd.bɔːrd ˈkʌt̬.aʊt/
纸板模型（尤指人像）
a piece of card cut into a particular shape, especially the shape of a person with a large photograph of that person on it
He had his picture taken with a lifesize cardboard cutout of the President. 他与总统真人大小的纸板模型合影。
disapproving（电影、书等中的）呆板角色
a character in a film, book, etc. who does not seem at all real
His characters are cardboard cutouts who express whichever motive the writer decides is necessary. 他的人物都是呆板角色，用来表达任何作者认为必要的动机。
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- The ad features a woman standing next to a cardboard cutout of actor Ryan Gosling.
- Their home is a museum now: the diners are cardboard cutouts and the roasted meats lining the sideboard are fake.
- Children were shown a cardboard cutout of a triangle and asked to quickly locate the same triangle in a larger picture.
- They played with cardboard cut-outs of the letters.
- These films typically feature a heroine who comes across as a smart independent woman in the beginning but turns into a cardboard cutout by the end.
- One of many things I hate about this book is the characters. Helen and Arnold are the flattest cardboard cut-outs I have ever come across.
- And yet he has positive qualities too; he's no cardboard cut-out.