英:[ˈkɒpikæt]
美:[ˈkɑpikæt]
英:[ˈkɒpikæt]
美:[ˈkɑpikæt]
cop·y·cat
ka pi kaet
复数:copycats
第三人称单数:copycats
现在分词:copycatting
过去式:copycatted
过去分词:copycatted
noun
one who imitates or adopts the behavior or practices of another
an imitative act or product
copycat board games
verb
intransitive verb
to act as a copycat
transitive verb
imitate
也写作copy-cat,这是一个贬义词,指模仿他人或他人工作的人,词源可追溯到1884年的美国英语,很可能至少早了一代人,来自copy(动词)+cat(名词)。家猫有时会模仿彼此的行为。作为一个动词,意为“盲目模仿”,始于1932年。相关形式包括:Copycatted; copycatting。
The first known use of copycat was in 1896
coquetrynoun
the behavior of a coquette
copywriternoun
a writer of advertising or publicity copy
copyright1 of 2noun
the legal right to be the only one to reproduce, publish, or sell the contents and form of a literary, musical, or artistic work
copyright2 of 2verb
to get a copyright on
copyright1 of 2noun
the legal right to be the only one to reproduce, publish, or sell the contents and form of a literary, musical, or artistic work
copyright2 of 2verb
to get a copyright on
copyright1 of 2noun
the legal right to be the only one to reproduce, publish, or sell the contents and form of a literary, musical, or artistic work
copyright2 of 2verb
to get a copyright on
copyreadernoun
copy editor sense 1
copy editor sense 2
copyistnoun
a person who makes copies
one who imitates
copy1 of 2noun
something that is made to look exactly like something else : duplicate a copy of a painting
a copy of a letter
one of the total number of books, magazines, or papers printed at one time
written or printed material to be set in type
copy2 of 2verb
to make a copy : duplicate
imitate sense 1
copycatnoun
one who imitates or adopts the behavior or practices of another
1 One of the original videos to show the technique, from user Moody Day, calls it "An easy cheesecake copycat", summarizing the appeal of the dessert-like breakfast or snack.
2 “I’ve said from the beginning that this is a copycat,” Mr. Brand said.
3 Both of these websites started around the same time as Balcony TV—over the years, literally dozens of copycat sites have followed.
4 And in lieu of the inevitable false-footed copycats I pretended to be one.
5 He’s beginning to generate his own meta-content — other users riff on his “nice,” and in one post, he talks about people alerting him to copycats who lack his “natural flow.”
6 It may be that knife carrying, and the violence that goes with it, is basically a copycat craze.
携带刀具和随之而来的暴力犯罪,很可能只不过是一种随大流的狂热而已。
7 The most interesting thing about what followed the show was that the copycats crashed and burned.
8 A copycat, as the critic James Wolcott has maintained, in a different context, is always “an energy level removed from the cat he’s copying.”
9 Allen B. Schwartz, the copycat king who has said he will remake the dress, has his work cut out for him.
10 But the copycats are coming, and if previous cinematic trends are any indication, a lot of them are going to stink to high heaven.
11 His attempts to distance himself from his paternal inheritance were stymied when a copycat case required him to turn to Martin for help.
12 Though copycat software rose up afterwards, downloading music never again felt cloudless.
13 Brown’s potato-salad campaign has moved swiftly through the Internet life stages, from inception to mass awareness to copycats.
14 Lee sounds just like the original vocal for this -- and that may make it sound to much like a copycat version.
15 The trend is so popular that colorful copycat versions have started to emerge, though many of them are made from acrylic or lightweight polymer substitutes.
16 It doesn’t take a media strategist to see that the promotion of copycat Hambletons and a theme park could make the value of the better works soar.
17 “This is not activism, this is not campaigning, this is ASSAULT!!! Even if the video is set up it's still outrageous and I hope it doesn't inspire copycat behaviour!” a critic wrote on Twitter.
18 Given the attention this matter has received, it is not unexpected to see copycat suits filed.
19 She called me a copycat for wearing the same dress.
20 Shadow puppets were used to tell one of Katurian’s fanciful but grisly fables, which purportedly have inspired copycat crimes in the “real” world.
1 仿效
apish emulation model emulate ape imitate in steps tread in steps echo imitation copy take your cue from follow in footsteps follow suit model yourself on
2 模仿
mimetic simulation imitation impersonation mimicry mimesis do copy pattern reproduce mimic simulate emulate ape imitate impersonate cosmetic imitative emulous impression take-off apery after -ette affect assume personate repeat monkey derivative me-too mockery channel mock take your cue from pattern yourself on model yourself on take off simulated model