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Ape Eɪp Syn Angry Noun Verb Copy Aping

This flashcard defines "ape" as a type of tailless primate, also known as a great ape. It can also be used as a verb meaning to imitate someone's behavior or speech, or to describe someone becoming very angry. The word can be conjugated as apes, aped, and aping.

This flashcard defines "ape" as a type of tailless primate, also known as a great ape. It can also be used as a verb meaning to imitate someone's behavior or speech, or to describe someone becoming very angry. The word can be conjugated as apes, aped, and aping.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]无尾猿;类人猿;猿 Apes are chimpanzees, gorillas, and other animals in the same family.
  • ...the theory that man is descended from the apes.

    认为人类是从类人猿演变而来的理论

2
[VERB 动词]模仿;学…的样子 If you ape someone's speech or behaviour, you imitate it.
  [V n]
  • Modelling yourself on someone you admire is not the same as aping all they say or do.

    以偶像为榜样并不是说要模仿他们的一言一行。

  • ...French films which merely aped Hollywood.

    只是照搬好莱坞模式的法国电影

3
[PHRASE 短语]怒不可遏;暴跳如雷 If someone goes ape, they become very angry and upset.
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • When Colonel Harper found out, he would go ape.

    哈珀上校发现了一定会勃然大怒。


Oxford ape / eɪp ; NAmE eɪp /
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verb
ape apes aped aping
noun a large animal like a monkey,with no tail. There are different types of ape. 类人猿;无尾猿 ◆ the great apes (= for example, orang-utansor chimpanzees) 类人猿(如猩猩、黑猩猩) IDIOM go ˈape/ˈapeshit ( slang) ( especially NAmE) to become extremely angry or excited 暴跳如雷;激动异常 verb 1 apesb/sth ( BrE) ( disapproving) to do sth in the same way as sb else, especially when it is not done very well (尤指笨拙地)模仿,学…的样子 SYN
imitate
◆ For years the British film industry merely aped Hollywood. 多年来,英国电影业一味模仿好莱坞。
2 apesb/sth ( especially NAmE) to copy the way sb else behaves or talks, in order to make fun of them (为了取笑)学…的样,模仿 SYN
mimic
◆ We used to ape the teacher's southern accent. 我们过去常模仿老师的南方口音。
ape / eɪp ; NAmE eɪp /
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ape1 noun
ape2 verb
apeape1 /eɪp/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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1an animal that is similar to a monkey but has no tail or only a very short tail2go ape informal to suddenly become very angry
ape1 noun
ape2 verb
apeape2 verb [transitive]
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1to copy the way someone speaks or behaves in order to make fun of them SYN  mimic:  He could ape his teachers perfectly.2to copy someone’s way of doing something, so that what you do or produce is not good or original SYN  mimic:  cheap clothes which ape the high fashions of the day
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[eɪp]aped, apeing, apes

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apes[2830]
猿(80%),模仿(20%)
n.[脊椎] 猿;傻瓜;模仿者
vt.模仿;抢台词
adj.狂热的
n.(Ape)人名;(意)阿佩

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