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Latin English Imitate Word 6233.Imitate 英 ɪmɪteɪt]美 ɪmɪtet

正面 6233.imitate
英 ['ɪmɪteɪt]美 ['ɪmɪtet]

背面
释义:
vt. 模仿,仿效;仿造,仿制
例句:
1. He could imitate in speech or writing most of those he admired.他能模仿大多数自己崇拜的偶像的讲话和写作风格。

1. i m it => I'm it,我就是他.
imitate 模仿来自拉丁语imitari,复制,模仿,来自PIE*aim,复制,模仿,词源同emulate,image.
imitateimitate: [16] Latin imitāri meant ‘make a copy of’. It was formed from the base *im-, which also lies behind the Latin ancestors of English emulate [16] and image; all three words share the basic meaning element ‘likeness’. English acquired the word via the Latin past participle imitātus.=> emulate, imageimitate (v.)1530s, a back-formation from imitation or imitator, or else from Latin imitatus. Related: Imitated; imitating. An Old English word for this was æfterhyrigan."

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