imitation

英 [?m?'te??(?)n] 美[,?m?'te??n]
  • n. 模仿,仿造;仿制品
  • adj. 人造的,仿制的

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?imitations;

中文詞源


imitation 仿制品

來(lái)自imitate,模仿。引申詞義模仿品,仿制品。

英文詞源


imitation (n.)
c. 1400, "emulation; act of copying," from Old French imitacion, from Latin imitationem (nominative imitatio) "a copying, imitation," from past participle stem of imitari "to copy, portray, imitate," from PIE *im-eto-, from root *aim- "copy" (cognates: Hittite himma- "imitation, substitute"). Meaning "an artificial likeness" is from c. 1600. As an adjective, from 1840.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. He gave his imitation of Queen Elizabeth's royal wave.
他模仿伊麗莎白女王揮手致意。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. It's not real leather; it's only an imitation.
那不是真皮, 只不過(guò)是仿制品.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. Young children learn how to speak by imitation.
兒童通過(guò)模仿學(xué)說(shuō)話.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. This is a real pearl, not an imitation.
這是真的珍珠, 不是仿制品.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. The imitation hardly matches up to the original.
這個(gè)仿制品簡(jiǎn)直不能同原件相比.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》