mimic
US: /ˈmɪmɪk/
UK: /mˈɪmɪk/
UK: /mˈɪmɪk/
English Vietnamese dictionary
mimic /'mimik/
- tính từ
- bắt chước
- bắt chước
- ngoại động từ
- người có tài bắt chước
- người có tài bắt chước
- ngoại động từ
- nhại (ai)
- bắt chước
- giống hệt (vật gì)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb (-ck-)
1 to copy the way sb speaks, moves, behaves, etc., especially in order to make other people laugh: [VN] She's always mimicking the teachers. + He mimicked her southern accent. [also V speech]
2 [VN] to look or behave like sth else
Synonym: IMITATE
The robot was programmed to mimic a series of human movements. + the creation of a vaccine that mimics the virus
+ noun
a person or an animal that can copy the voice, movements, etc. of others
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 imitate, ape, copy, simulate, mirror, echo:
The image in the mirror mimicked every move I made.
2 reproduce, duplicate, copy:
This frieze mimics one on the Parthenon.
3 mock, ridicule, satirize, caricature, parody, make fun of, lampoon, impersonate, Colloq take off:
It is rude to mimic your elders.
n.
4 impersonator, imitator, impressionist, caricaturist, parodist, Colloq copycat:
Professor Eidolon, the greatest mimic in the world, is here to entertain you!
adj.
5 imitative, imitation, mock, simulated, mimetic, sham, make-believe, pretend(ed); fake, counterfeit, feigned:
Naumachia is the name given to the mimic sea battle staged in ancient Rome.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
accurately, closely
The computer model is able to mimic very closely the actions of a golfer.
| exactly, perfectly
She could mimic her father perfectly.
VERB + MIMIC
try to
Concise English dictionary
mimicked|mimicking|mimics'mɪmɪk
noun
+someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress)
verb
+imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect
adj.
+constituting an imitation
