imitate

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vt. 模仿, 效法, 冒充, 仿造

发音

US /ˈɪmɪteɪt/

词形变化

imitated imitates 三单 imitates imitatest imitateth imitating imitating 现在分词 imitated 过去式 imitated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

模仿，仿效；仿造，仿制

释义与例句

v. B1
  1. 1.

    To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

    模拟

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

copy simulate

上位词 4

copy resemble recreate reproduce

下位词 10

follow model pattern mock ape mime mimic emulate follow suit take after

词源

Borrowed from Latin imitātus, perfect active participle of imitor (“to copy, portray, imitate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French imiter.

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