单词 | mimicked |
释义 | mimickedadj.n. Copied, imitated; simulated. Also as n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > [adjective] > represented in art portrayeda1400 inpurtureda1529 importurate1553 counterfeit1589 mimicked1733 the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > mimetic mimetic1851 mimicked1866 mimicking1872 Müllerian1899 the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] > resemblance between different organisms > mimetic or mimicking mimetic1851 mimicked1866 mocking1869 mimicking1872 1733 A. Pope Of Use of Riches 16 Just as gay, at Council, in a ring Of mimick'd Statesmen and the merry King. 1757 S. Boyce Poems 158 His jabb'ring, quick discordant voice, A strange monotony of noise, Affected airs, and mimick'd face, And dignity were all grimace. 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV xli. 23 The lightning rent from Ariosto's bust The iron crown of laurel's mimic'd leaves. 1866 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 4) xiii. 504 Many of the mimicking forms of the Leptalis, as well as of the mimicked forms, can be shown by a graduated series to be merely varieties of the same species. 1895 Catholic World Dec. 309 The most sharp-eyed bird mistakes them for the Heliconida, and consequently does not molest them; and..the mimickers number about one to fifty of the mimicked. 1993 New Scientist 24 Apr. (Suppl.) 13/1 The term ‘non-peptide’ covers ‘pseudo-peptides’ whose structure is very close to that of a mimicked peptide, together with molecules which at first sight appear to bear no resemblance to the original peptide. 1997 K. O'Riordan Boy in Moon ii. 23 Brian chuckled. He had caught her mimicked shrug. ‘What's so funny?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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