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

mimicmimic1 /ˈmɪmɪk/ verb (mimicked, mimicking) [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYmimic¹

Origin: 1500-1600 mimic copying (16-21 centuries), from Latin mimicus, from Greek, from mimos; ➔ MIME¹

VERB TABLE

mimic

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	mimic
	he, she, it	mimics
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	mimicked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have mimicked
	he, she, it	has mimicked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had mimicked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will mimic
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have mimicked

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

1to copy the way someone speaks, moves, or behaves, especially in order to make people laugh SYN imitate: Jackson mimicked a foreign accent to tell the joke.2to behave or operate in exactly the same way as someone or something else: The taste and texture mimic that of ice cream.3science, biology if an animal mimics something, it tries to look or sound like something in order to protect itself: The insect mimics the appearance of a wasp.—mimicry noun [uncountable]