imitate

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈɪmɪteɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
    — Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.

词形变化

imitates present,singular,third-person imitating participle,present imitated participle,past imitated past

词汇关系

反义词
create innovate

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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