copycat

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n. 模仿者

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词形变化

copycats 复数 copycats copycats 三单 copycatted copycatting copycatting 现在分词 copycatted 过去式 copycatted 过去分词 more copycat 比较级 most copycat 最高级

别名

copy-cat copy cat

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who imitates or plagiarizes the work of others.

    抄袭狗

    山寨

    贬义 非正式
  2. 2.

    A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just or recently been committed by someone else.

    a copycat strangler

v.
  1. 1.

    To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Imitative; unoriginal.

    copycat crime

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

ape aper emulator imitator

上位词 3

actor worker doer

下位词 3

parrot epigon epigone

词源

Originally American English, from copy + cat (“a former derogatory term for a person”).

来源：wiktionary