mimic
verbto copy the way somebody speaks, moves, behaves, etc., especially in order to make other people laugh 模仿（某人的言行举止）；（尤指）做滑稽模仿 - mimic somebody/something
She's always mimicking the teachers. 她总喜欢模仿老师的言谈举止。 He mimicked her southern accent. 他滑稽地模仿她的南方口音。 - + speech
‘It's not fair!’ she mimicked. “这不公平，”。她模仿着。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- closely
- exactly
- …
- try to
- mimic somebody/something
- mimic something (specialist or formal)
to look or behave like something else （外表或行为举止）像，似 The robot was programmed to mimic a series of human movements. 机器人按程序设计可模仿人的一系列动作。 Scientists have created a vaccine that mimics the virus. 科学家已制造出一种与该病毒相似的疫苗。 The computer model is able to mimic very closely the actions of a golfer. 这个计算机模型能够非常逼真地模仿高尔夫球手的各种动作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- closely
- exactly
- …
- try to
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as noun and adjective): via Latin from Greek mimikos, from mimos ‘mime’.