| 单词 | mimic |
| 释义 | mimic (once / 1112 pages) vnadj A mimic is someone who is good at imitating others. A gifted mimic might be able to imitate one president after another just by minimally changing facial expression and manner of speaking. Mimic, related to mime, an entertainer who performs using gestures not speech, can be traced back to the Greek mimeisthai "to imitate." Usually when you mimic someone, you imitate them in order to make fun of them. Performers mimic famous people to get laughs, but ordinary people mimic others when they are angry at them. Who hasn't mimicked parents or a boss who has said no one too many times?! WORD FAMILYmimic: mimicing, mimicked, mimicker, mimicking, mimicry, mimics+/mime: mimed, mimer, mimes, mimic, miming/mimicker: mimickers/mimicry: mimicries USAGE EXAMPLESTo bolster that idea, he adds, “some creationists also try to mimic the appearance of hypotheses, research, and so forth.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Project ECHO’s long-distance training for physicians, their assistants and nurse practitioners mimics the mentoring that interns and residents receive at elite urban hospitals. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) One little kid dressed up as him for Halloween with pipe cleaners mimicking his long dreadlocks. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1v imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect The actor mimicked the President very accurately Syn|Hyper mime copy, imitate, simulate reproduce someone's behavior or looks 2n someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) Syn|Hyper mimicker imitator, impersonator someone who (fraudulently) assumes the appearance of another 3adj constituting an imitation "the mimic warfare of the opera stage"- Archibald Alison Syn imitative marked by or given to imitation |
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