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单词 mimicry
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mimicry
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmɪm.ɪ.kri/us
/ˈmɪm.ɪ.kri/
theactofcopyingthesoundsorbehaviourof aparticularpersonoranimal, often inorderto makepeoplelaugh:
（为逗乐而）模仿别人或动物的声音或行为
Themockingbirdisknownforitsmimicry of otherbirds.知更鸟以善于模仿其他鸟类而闻名。
Hisexquisitemimicry had mealmostcryingwithlaughter.他精湛的模仿让我笑得眼泪都要流出来了。
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  • Mimicry of thesoundsproducedbyhumansand otherspecieshas beenwidelyreportedinbirds.
  • Hishorriblehabitswereoverlookedby hishostsbecause of hisbrilliantmimicry and hisreadywit.
  • Inhumanrelationships, mimicry canactas akindof ‘socialglue’.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mocking and taunting
  • caricature
  • deride
  • derision
  • derisive
  • derisively
  • grief
  • haze
  • laugh insomeone'sfaceidiom
  • layyourselfopen to ridiculeidiom
  • make a mockery ofsomethingidiom
  • make a monkey out ofsomeoneidiom
  • mimic
  • mock
  • mockery
  • parody
  • sardonic
  • sardonically
  • scoff
  • scoffer
  • self-caricature
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(Definition ofmimicryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmimicry

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The importance of epistatic modifiers was also stressed in chapters six and seven that deal with speculation andmimicry, respectively.
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Second, we need to explain how exactly the three-syllable window carries the day overmimicry.
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The second section's three chapters address each of these questions in a broad treatment of the conceptual issues involved in agriculturalmimicryof natural ecosystems.
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As there is no musical form more oppressive than the passacaglia, so there is no clearer form of musicalmimicrythan canon.
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Yet, his appropriation of these ancient themes was far frommimicryor outright copy.
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It is this separation, and therefore the ambivalent workings of seductivemimicry, that the duet eventually seems to question.
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Traditional music cultures are based on this human propensity formimicry, and to tell the truth, so is ours.
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Such signs as gesture,mimicry, movement, dialogue, the paralinguistic qualities of voice, and silence are integral to a given work and communicate something to someone.
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The delay between the model and its repetition, as well as the intervening speech material, were expected to minimize directmimicryof the model.
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In the imaginative space, 'spatialisation' is most effective because the mapping will exist at various levels of abstraction, avoiding anymimicry.
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The typesetting on page 271 suggests the spiralling pattern of that fall, an alphabetizedmimicryof technology gone dreadfully wrong.
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You can imagine scenarios of different complexity, from the instinctivemimicryof a newborn baby to the conscious debating of polished politicians.
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A fascinating array of contradictions, overlaps, collusions, protrusions, and, at times,mimicryand cooperation thus developed.
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Several microbial antigens have been identified as potentially important in the process of the induction of autoimmunity by molecularmimicry.
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What is interesting is that themimicrywas through cross-industry contacts, not of structurally similar competitors.
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