mimic

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mimic [mimic mimics mimicked mimicking] verb, noun BrE [ˈmɪmɪk] NAmE [ˈmɪmɪk]
verb (-ck-)
1. ~ sb/sth | + speech to copy the way sb speaks, moves, behaves, etc, especially in order to make other people laugh
•She's always mimicking the teachers.
•He mimicked her southern accent.
2. ~ sth (technical or formal)to look or behave like sth else
Syn: ↑imitate
•The robot was programmed to mimic a series of human movements.
•the creation of a vaccine that mimics the virus
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (as noun and adjective): via Latin from Greek mimikos, from mimos ‘mime’.

Example Bank:
•The computer model is able to mimic very closely the actions of a golfer.
•He mimicked her accent.
•Scientists have created a vaccine that mimics the virus.
•She's always mimicking the teachers.

 
noun
a person or an animal that can copy the voice, movements, etc. of others

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (as noun and adjective): via Latin from Greek mimikos, from mimos ‘mime’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  mimicker, mime