照著做一次
這族就是核心動作本身，兩個意思差在動機：一邊為了效果，一邊為了變成那樣。
mimic for fun · verb · C1
To copy the way someone behaves, speaks, or moves, especially in order to make people laugh.
模仿
核心畫面
One way to see it: you watch something and then make yourself come out the same way — you take the shape of a model and reproduce it, whether for a laugh or because you admire it.
你盯著一個對象看，然後讓自己「照著它出來一次」——把別人的樣子當模型，再從自己身上複製一遍。有趣的是，同一個動作可以…更多收起
你盯著一個對象看，然後讓自己「照著它出來一次」——把別人的樣子當模型，再從自己身上複製一遍。有趣的是，同一個動作可以完全反著用：學得很像是為了逗人笑（誇張化），也可以是因為佩服而照著做（想變成那樣）。差別不在動作，在你為什麼要複製。From the word’s history
From Latin imitārī "to copy, imitate", related to imāgō "image" — the same root family as image, so it is literally "to make an image of".
來自拉丁文 imitārī「複製、模仿」，跟 imāgō「影像」同一個字根家族（image 也從這裡來）。所以這個字字面上就是「做出某個東西的影像」——不是複印一張紙，而是拿自己當材料，把別人的樣子再現一次。
Wiktionary (imitate) — from Latin imitātus, participle of imitor "to copy, imitate", akin to imāgō "image"
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原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
imitateverb/ˈɪmɪteɪt/
- 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.
- A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。