[with obj.](常作 be imitated)take or follow as a model 模仿,仿效,摹拟 his style was imitated by many other writers. 他的风格为其他许多作家模仿。 ■copy (a person's speech or mannerisms), especially for comic effect (尤指为开玩笑)模仿(他人言行) she imitated my Scots accent. 她模仿我的苏格兰口音。 ■copy or simulate 仿制,仿造,伪造 synthetic fabrics can now imitate everything from silk to rubber. 合成材质现在能仿制从丝绸到橡胶的所有材料。
派生 imitable adjective imitator noun 语源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin imitat- 'copied', from the verb imitari; related to imago 'image'