英语词汇“mimic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	mimic
释义	mim·ic I. \ˈmimik, -mēk\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin mimicus, adjective 1. a. : a performer in mimes : mime 1 b. : one that mimics (as for amusement) 2. : a cheap or servile imitator 3. : a feeble or poor imitation 4. : a usually edible and harmless animal that escapes predation by being mistaken by potential predators for a distasteful or venomous animal II. adjective Etymology: Latin mimicus, from Greek mimikos, from mimos mime + -ikos -ic 1. a. : of, acting as, or resembling a mime b. : having an aptitude for or practicing mimicry 2. : befitting or having the characteristics of a mime or mimicry < explained them with great detail and mimic illustration — Ernest Beaglehole > 3. : constituting a copy or imitation of something, often for amusement < the mimic warfare of the opera stage — Archibald Alison > < throwing mimic spears formed of fern stalks — Sacheverell Sitwell > 4. : mimetic 5 III. verb (mimicked ; mimicked ; mimicking ; mimics) Etymology: mimic (I) *transitive verb* 1. : to copy or imitate very closely especially in external characteristics (as voice, gesture, or manner) < mimics their manners with dexterity — Francis Fergusson > < learned Spanish by … mimicking the speech of the natives — M.B.Smith > < the Communist and Socialist politicians mimic Soviet policy — Western Political Quarterly > 2. : to ridicule by imitation : make sport of by copying or imitating < jumped about the platform, mimicked the tight, unseeing capitalists of his … imagination — Adria Langley > 3. : to imitate by representation : represent by imitation : simulate < how closely he could mimic marble on paper — Charles Reade > < yellow cretonnes mimicked the sunshine that never shone through the … windows — Aldous Huxley > 4. : to exhibit biological mimicry with : resemble by biological mimicry *intransitive verb* : to perform the action of a mimic < chanting and gesturing, painting and mimicking and shedding blood — Emma Hawkridge > Synonyms: see copy
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