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单词 mimicker
释义

mimickern.

Brit. /ˈmɪmᵻkə/, U.S. /ˈmɪmᵻkər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mimic v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mimic v. + -er suffix1.
A person who or thing which copies or imitates something (now spec. in Pathology and Pharmacology: cf. mimic v. 4).
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the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > one who or that which imitates
followera1398
imitator1523
counterfeiter1526
counterfeitress1577
ape1594
imitatrix1606
emulator1652
figurer1665
mime1677
copier1679
copist1682
mimicker1693
copyist1756
mimic1791
polygraph1794
polygraphic1797
polygrapher1810
echoer1823
imitatressa1834
me-too1886
copycat1896
1693 T. D'Urfey Richmond Heiress i. i. 3 Thou wert a rare Mimicker at the University..and..canst not lose thy talent so soon.
1739 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Impromptu of Versailles iii, in Wks. X. 382 No quarter to this Mimicker of People.
1861 Trans. Linn. Soc. 23 509 Amongst the living objects mimicked by insects are the predacious species from which it is the interest of the mimickers to be concealed.
1895 Catholic World Dec. 309 The most sharp-eyed bird mistakes them for the Heliconida, and consequently does not molest them; and..the mimickers number about one to fifty of the mimicked.
1975 Federation Proc. (Federation Amer. Soc. Exper. Biol.) 34 1565/2 The possibility that insulin-cell association is involved..was examined by studies using a mimicker of insulin action, spermine.
1988 F. Weldon Leader of Band iii. 15 The Poles at least are less enthusiastic mimickers of long-forgotten, best forgotten rural ways.
1995 Times 7 June 9/1 Approximately 400 mainly man-made substances..are called oestrogen mimickers because they appear to mirror the impact of female hormones.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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