[mass noun](formal or technical)imitation, in particular (正式或 技)模仿,模拟,尤指 ■representation or imitation of the real world in art and literature (文学艺术中)模拟真实 ■the deliberate imitation of the behaviour of one group of people by another as a factor in social change (作为社会变化因素的)群体行为模仿 ■(Zoology). another term for mimicry (动)。 同 mimicry
语源
mid 16th cent.: from Greek mimēsis, from mimeisthai 'to imitate'