| 单词 | mimetic |
| 释义 | mimetic (once / 24421 pages) 1adj 2adj Mimetic things imitate or echo something else. A mimetic pattern on the wings of a bird might look just like the pattern on tree bark or the leaves of a plant. You'll most often find the adjective mimetic in technical or scholarly writing, discussing mimetic designs and characteristics in nature. Or you might refer to mimetic techniques in art and writing. Sometimes literary realism in novels and poetry is described as mimetic, since it reflects or echoes what really happens in the world. Mimetic comes from the Greek root mimetikos, "good at imitating." WORD FAMILYmimetic: mimetically USAGE EXAMPLESI learn about my life by slipping, mimetically, into others’ as they walk and chat in front of me. New York Times(Aug 15, 2016) Over time, however, Ms. Nixon came to regard her spectacular mimetic gift as more curse than blessing. New York Times(Jul 25, 2016) There’s also mimetic or novelty architecture — buildings that look like enormous objects, including a sombrero-shaped restaurant. Washington Post(Jul 14, 2016) 1 adj exhibiting mimicry 2mimetic coloring of a butterfly "the mimetic tendency of infancy"- R.W.Hamilton Syn imitative marked by or given to imitation adj characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis a mimetic dance the mimetic presentation of images Syn representational (used especially of art) depicting objects, figures,or scenes as seen |
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