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

imitateimitate /ˈɪməˌteɪt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYimitate

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of imitari

VERB TABLE

imitate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	imitate
	he, she, it	imitates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	imitated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have imitated
	he, she, it	has imitated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had imitated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will imitate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have imitated

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

1to copy something because you think it is good: Our methods have been imitated all over the world.2to copy the way someone behaves, speaks, moves, etc., especially in order to make people laugh SYN mimic: “Don’t talk to me like that!” he said, imitating his mother.—imitator noun [countable]