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To copy the way someone talks, moves, or acts, often to be funny or to make fun of them. It can also describe something that looks or behaves just like something else, like a toy insect that mimics a real leaf. As a noun, a mimic is someone good at copying others.
模仿；模仿的人
組成From Greek "mimos," an actor who imitates.
同家族的字
- mimeshares the Greek root "mimos" — a performer who acts without words
原始詞典資料10 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。
mimicverb/ˈmɪm.ɪk/
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To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
- An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
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biologynatural-sciencesTo take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
mimicnoun/ˈmɪm.ɪk/
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A person who practices mimicry; especially:
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A person who practices mimicry; especially:
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An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
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An imitation.
- Jess jumped slightly at hearing Tillyʼs extremely accurate mimic of her voice.
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fantasyA fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers into a trap.
mimicadj/ˈmɪm.ɪk/
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Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
- I think every man is cloied and wearied, with seeing so many apish and mimicke trickes, that juglers teach their Dogges, as the dances, where they misse not one cadence of the sounds or notes they heare[…].
- Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes / To imitate her.
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Mock, pretended.
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chemistrygeographygeologyImitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
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。