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ape n.猿adj.<俚>疯狂的v.模仿 (1) 早期的人类和猿有某些相似之处。(2) 猿猴模仿我们的行为。(3) 我们过去常模仿老师的南方口音。(4) 他似乎想模仿任何一个他认为伟大和了不起的人。 To ape is to imitate, but it can mean a few different things. One type of aping is to blatantly imitate something or someone in every way. That's considered a bad thing because it's so unoriginal — it's a rip-off. Another kind of aping is like a caricature — to ape in this way is a way of making fun or spoofing someone. Either way, you probably don't want to be accused of aping.

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英 [eɪp] 美 [eɪp] (1) Early man shows certain affinities with the ape.(2) The ape imitated our behavior.(3) We used to ape the teacher's southern accent.(4) He seems trying to ape anybody he thinks great and wonderful. To ape someone is to imitate them, often in a mocking way. Most people don't like being aped. 1[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。

英语单词	ape
英美音标	英 [eɪp] 美 [eɪp]
中文释义	n.猿 adj.<俚>疯狂的 v.模仿
英语例句	(1) Early man shows certain affinities with the ape. (2) The ape imitated our behavior. (3) We used to ape the teacher's southern accent. (4) He seems trying to ape anybody he thinks great and wonderful.
中文例句	(1) 早期的人类和猿有某些相似之处。 (2) 猿猴模仿我们的行为。 (3) 我们过去常模仿老师的南方口音。 (4) 他似乎想模仿任何一个他认为伟大和了不起的人。
vocabulary简明	To ape someone is to imitate them, often in a mocking way. Most people don't like being aped.
vocabulary扩展	To ape is to imitate, but it can mean a few different things. One type of aping is to blatantly imitate something or someone in every way. That's considered a bad thing because it's so unoriginal — it's a rip-off. Another kind of aping is like a caricature — to ape in this way is a way of making fun or spoofing someone. Either way, you probably don't want to be accused of aping.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。

Ape Imitate Aping Man 英 Eɪp] 美 Eɪp N.猿