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Mimic People Imitate Mimicked Mɪmɪk V.与…相似的 Cut Painted

Front mimic
Pron ['mɪmɪk]
Back 【mimic】
v.与…相似的
She cut and painted pieces of paper that mimicked flowers so well that some people thought they were real.
她剪绘了些纸花,做得维妙维肖,以致于有人以为那是真的。
Vocab
mimicimitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect

A mimic is someone who is good at imitating others. A gifted mimic might be able to imitate one president after another just by minimally changing facial expression and manner of speaking.

Mimic, related to mime, an entertainer who performs using gestures not speech, can be traced back to the Greek mimeisthai "to imitate." Usually when you mimic someone, you imitate them in order to make fun of them. Performers mimic famous people to get laughs, but ordinary people mimic others when they are angry at them. Who hasn't mimicked parents or a boss who has said no one too many times?!

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