照抄的人，以及照抄這個動作
最貼近核心畫面的一組：鏡頭對著那個看著別人做、然後跟著做的人。
noun · B1
Someone who copies what another person does, wears, says, or makes, instead of doing something of their own. The word blames the person a little, and children use it most.
模仿者、跟屁蟲
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: a classroom where one child watches another, then draws the same picture, picks the same colour, the same answer. Everyone can see where the idea came from, and that is the whole point of the word. Whether it is a child, a shop, a game, or a crime, copycat says the same thing — this came from watching someone else, and there is nothing new in it.
可以想成教室裡的一幕：一個孩子盯著旁邊看，然後畫一樣的圖、挑一樣的顏色、寫一樣的答案。大家都看得出來這個點子是從哪裡…更多收起
可以想成教室裡的一幕：一個孩子盯著旁邊看，然後畫一樣的圖、挑一樣的顏色、寫一樣的答案。大家都看得出來這個點子是從哪裡來的，而這正是這個字的重點。不管講的是小孩、店家、遊戲，還是案件，copycat 說的都是同一句話——這是看著別人做出來的，裡面沒有自己的東西。From the word’s history
The packet's source entry says copycat is originally American English, from copy plus cat, where cat was a former derogatory term for a person. That fits the modern feel of the word: it names a person first, and it names them with a small insult.
來源資料說 copycat 原本是美式英文，由 copy 加上 cat 組成，而這裡的 cat 是以前用來罵人的說法。這條線索跟今天的語感吻合：它先是在指一個人，而且指的時候帶著一點瞧不起。
Wiktionary entry for copycat supplied in evidence packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1153292089)
Two branches
照抄出來的東西
同一個畫面，鏡頭從人身上移到桌上那張圖：重點變成「這個東西是照著別人做的」。
adjective · B2
Copying someone else's idea, style, or product, with nothing new of its own. This use can be made stronger, as in very copycat or the most copycat.
跟風的、照抄的