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 ?fterhyrigan.
雙語例句
1. He could imitate in speech or writing most of those he admired.
他能模仿大多數(shù)自己崇拜的偶像的講話和寫作風(fēng)格。
來自柯林斯例句
2. I'd make fun of her dress and imitate her speech.
我會(huì)拿她的衣著開玩笑，并模仿她說話。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Some parrots can imitate sounds and repeat words and sentences.