imitate
verb- imitate somebody/something
to copy somebody/something 模仿；仿效 Her style of painting has been imitated by other artists. 她的绘画风格为其他画家所模仿。 Art imitates Nature. 艺术是对大自然的仿制。 Teachers provide a model for children to imitate. 教师是孩子仿效的典范。 No computer can imitate the complex functions of the human brain. 任何计算机都无法模拟人脑的复杂功能。 Dolphins learn to imitate sounds very accurately and quickly. 海豚学习非常准确和快速地模仿声音。
- imitate somebody
to copy the way a person speaks or behaves, in order to make people laugh 模仿（某人的讲话、举止）；作滑稽模仿
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin imitat- ‘copied’, from the verb imitari; related to imago ‘image’.