| 词汇 | mimicry |
| 释义 | mimicry noun[ U ] uk /ˈmɪm.ɪ.kri/ us /ˈmɪm.ɪ.kri/ the act of copying the sounds or behaviour of a particular person or animal, often in order to make people laugh : （为逗乐而）模仿别人或动物的声音或行为 The mockingbird is known for its mimicry of other birds.知更鸟以善于模仿其他鸟类而闻名。 His exquisite mimicry had me almost crying with laughter.他精湛的模仿让我笑得眼泪都要流出来了。 See mimic Mimicry of the sounds produced by humans and other species has been widely reported in birds. His horrible habits were overlooked by his hosts because of his brilliant mimicry and his ready wit. In human relationships, mimicry can act as a kind of ‘social glue’. Mocking and taunting caricature deride deride someone/something as something derision derisive lampoon lay yourself open to ridiculeidiom make a mockery of somethingidiom make a monkey out of someoneidiom mimic mock mockery mocking piss sardonically scoff scoffer self-caricature self-mockery tauntingly Examples of mimicrymimicry The importance of epistatic modifiers was also stressed in chapters six and seven that deal with speculation and mimicry, respectively. Second, we need to explain how exactly the three-syllable window carries the day over mimicry. The second section's three chapters address each of these questions in a broad treatment of the conceptual issues involved in agricultural mimicry of natural ecosystems. As there is no musical form more oppressive than the passacaglia, so there is no clearer form of musical mimicry than canon. Yet, his appropriation of these ancient themes was far from mimicry or outright copy. It is this separation, and therefore the ambivalent workings of seductive mimicry, that the duet eventually seems to question. Traditional music cultures are based on this human propensity for mimicry, and to tell the truth, so is ours. 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. The delay between the model and its repetition, as well as the intervening speech material, were expected to minimize direct mimicry of the model. In the imaginative space, 'spatialisation' is most effective because the mapping will exist at various levels of abstraction, avoiding any mimicry. The typesetting on page 271 suggests the spiralling pattern of that fall, an alphabetized mimicry of technology gone dreadfully wrong. You can imagine scenarios of different complexity, from the instinctive mimicry of a newborn baby to the conscious debating of polished politicians. A fascinating array of contradictions, overlaps, collusions, protrusions, and, at times, mimicry and cooperation thus developed. Several microbial antigens have been identified as potentially important in the process of the induction of autoimmunity by molecular mimicry. What is interesting is that the mimicry was through cross-industry contacts, not of structurally similar competitors. See all examples of mimicry These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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