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模仿的,假裝的,擬態的效顰者,模仿者,小丑,仿製品模仿,摹擬
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mimic \Mim"ic\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mimicked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mimicking}.]
1. To imitate or ape for sport; to ridicule by imitation.
The walk, the words, the gesture, could supply, The
habit mimic, and the mien belie. --Dryden.
2. (Biol.) To assume a resemblance to (some other organism of
a totally different nature, or some surrounding object),
as a means of protection or advantage.
Syn: To ape; imitate; counterfeit; mock.
Mimic \Mim"ic\, Mimical \Mim"ic*al\, a. [L. mimicus, Gr. ?, fr.
? mime: cf. F. mimique. See {Mime}.]
1. Imitative; mimetic.
Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes To imitate
her. --Milton.
Man is, of all creatures, the most mimical. --W.
Wotton.
2. Consisting of, or formed by, imitation; imitated; as,
mimic gestures. ``Mimic hootings.'' --Wordsworth.
3. (Min.) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other
forms; -- applied to crystals which by twinning resemble
simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
Note: Mimic often implies something droll or ludicrous, and
is less dignified than imitative.
{Mimic beetle} (Zo["o]l.), a beetle that feigns death when
disturbed, esp. the species of {Hister} and allied genera.
Mimic \Mim"ic\, n.
One who imitates or mimics, especially one who does so for
sport; a copyist; a buffoon. --Burke.
資料來源 : WordNet®
mimic
v : imitate (a person, a manner, etc.), especially for satirical
effect; "The actor mimicked the President very
accurately" [syn: {mime}]
[also: {mimicking}, {mimicked}]
mimic
adj : constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the opera
stage"- Archibald Alison
[also: {mimicking}, {mimicked}]
mimic
n : someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) [syn: {mimicker}]
[also: {mimicking}, {mimicked}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
MIMIC
An early language designed by J.H. Andrews of the
NIH in 1967 for solving engineering problems such as
differential equations that would otherwise have been done on
an {analog computer}.
["MIMIC, An Alternative Programming Language for Industrial
Dynamics, N.D. Peterson, Socio-Econ Plan Sci. 6, Pergamon
1972].
(1995-01-19)