mimic
verb /ˈmɪmɪk/
/ˈmɪmɪk/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they mimic | /ˈmɪmɪk/ /ˈmɪmɪk/ |
| he / she / it mimics | /ˈmɪmɪks/ /ˈmɪmɪks/ |
| past simple mimicked | /ˈmɪmɪkt/ /ˈmɪmɪkt/ |
| past participle mimicked | /ˈmɪmɪkt/ /ˈmɪmɪkt/ |
| -ing form mimicking | /ˈmɪmɪkɪŋ/ /ˈmɪmɪkɪŋ/ |
- to copy the way somebody speaks, moves, behaves, etc., especially in order to make other people laugh
模仿（某人的言行举止）；（尤指）做滑稽模仿 - mimic somebody/something She's always mimicking the teachers.
她总喜欢模仿老师的言谈举止。 - He mimicked her southern accent.
他滑稽地模仿她的南方口音。 - + speech ‘It's not fair!’ she mimicked.
“这不公平，”。她模仿着。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- closely
- exactly
- …
- try to
- mimic somebody/something She's always mimicking the teachers.
- mimic something (specialist or formal) to look or behave like something else
（外表或行为举止）像，似 - The robot was programmed to mimic a series of human movements.
机器人按程序设计可模仿人的一系列动作。 - Scientists have created a vaccine that mimics the virus.
科学家已制造出一种与该病毒相似的疫苗。 - The computer model is able to mimic very closely the actions of a golfer.
这个计算机模型能够非常逼真地模仿高尔夫球手的各种动作。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- closely
- exactly
- …
- try to
- The robot was programmed to mimic a series of human movements.
词源late 16th cent. (as noun and adjective): via Latin from Greek mimikos, from mimos ‘mime’.