英语词汇“ape”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

apeape1 /eɪp/ ●●○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYape¹

Origin: Old English apa

1science, biology a large monkey without a tail, or with a very short tail, such as a gorilla or a chimpanzee2go ape slang to suddenly become very angry or excited: Joe went ape when he found out.3old-fashioned a man who behaves in a stupid or annoying way

noun | verb

apeape2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

ape

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ape
	he, she, it	apes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	aped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have aped
	he, she, it	has aped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had aped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ape
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have aped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am aping
	he, she, it	is aping
	you, we, they	are aping
Past	I, he, she, it	was aping
	you, we, they	were aping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been aping
	he, she, it	has been aping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been aping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be aping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been aping

1to copy someone’s way of doing something so that what you do or produce is not good or original SYN mimic: His music simply apes classical styles.2to copy the way someone moves or speaks in order to make fun of him or her SYN mimic, imitate