Pavlov's dog

短语

巴甫洛夫的狗

词形变化

Pavlov's dogs 复数 Pavlov's dogs

别名

Pavlov dog

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who reacts instinctively to a stimulus, without thought or consideration.

    巴甫洛夫的狗

    定语

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pavlov's dog.

词源

In reference to the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov's work on classical conditioning: he discovered that dogs could be conditioned to salivate when a bell was rung, if it had previously been rung whenever food was given.

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