imitate: [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, image
imitate (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.
双语例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I'd make fun of her dress and imitate her speech.
我会拿她的衣着开玩笑，并模仿她说话。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Some parrots can imitate sounds and repeat words and sentences.
