imitate是什么意思（imitate的用法）

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一、imitate是什么意思

1、imitate 模仿

2、来自拉丁语imitari,复制，模仿，来自PIE*aim,复制，模仿，词源同emulate,image.

二、imitate的用法

1、imitate

2、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

3、imitate (v.)

4、1530s, a back-formation from imitation or imitator, or else from Latin imitatus. Related: Imitated; imitating. An Old English word for this was æfterhyrigan.

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