mimic /ˈmɪmɪk/ TEM8 ( mimicking, mimicked, mimics )

• 1. 

  V-T If you mimic the actions or voice of a person or animal, you imitate them, usually in a way that is meant to be amusing or entertaining. 模仿

  例：

  He could mimic anybody, and he often reduced Isabel to helpless laughter.

  他可以模仿任何人，而且经常逗得伊莎贝尔情不自禁地大笑。

• 2. 

  V-T If someone or something mimics another person or thing, they try to be like them. 模仿

  例：

  The computer doesn't mimic human thought; it reaches the same ends by different means.

  计算机模仿不了人类的思维；它通过不同的方式达到相同的目的。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A mimic is a person who is able to mimic people or animals. 善于模仿的人

  例：

  At school I was a good mimic.

  上学时我是一个善于模仿的人。