日入一词_64：mimic
By using the typedef facility, C++ makes the char specializations of these templates mimic the traditional non-template I/O implementation.
verb /'mɪmɪk/
past tense and past participle mimicked, present participle mimicking
1
to copy the way someone speaks or behaves, especially in order to make people laugh SYN imitate /'ɪmɪtet/, take off[an occasion when someone copies the voice or behaviour of someone else in a humorous way. a humorous performance that copies the way someone behaves. If you take someone off, you imitate them and the things that they do and say, in such a way that you make other people laugh.]
to copy (someone or someone's behavior or speech) especially for humor
to copy the way sb speaks, moves, behaves, etc, especially in order to make other people laugh
to copy the way in which a particular person usually speaks and moves, usually in order to make people laugh
to copy someone’s voice, behaviour, or appearance, especially in order to make people laugh or to make someone feel annoyed or embarrassed
If you mimic the actions or voice of a person or animal, you imitate them, usually in a way that is meant to be amusing or entertaining.
He could mimic all the teachers’ accents.
‘I’m so sorry,’ she mimicked.
He can mimic [=imitate] the way his father talks perfectly.
He mimicked her accent.
She has a talent for mimicking famous actresses.
She's always mimicking the teachers.
He mimicked her southern accent.
She was mimicking the various people in our office.
He could mimic anybody, and he often reduced Isabel to helpless laughter...
He mimicked her upper-class accent.
2
to behave or operate in exactly the same way as something or someone else
to create the appearance or effect of (something)
to behave or work in the same way as something else
Europe should not try to mimic Japan: we have to find our own path to successful modernisation.
The drug mimics the action of the body’s own chemicals.
software that can mimic [=simulate] human thought
The lamp mimics natural sunlight.
computers with the ability to mimic human intelligence
3
if an animal mimics something, it looks or sounds very like it
to naturally look like (something)
an animal that naturally looks like something else
to look or behave like sth else
if a plant or animal mimics another plant or animal or mimics something in its environment, it makes itself look like it in order to be less noticeable to its enemies
If someone or something mimics another person or thing, they try to be like them.
a fly whose size and colour exactly mimics that of the wasp
a butterfly that mimics a leaf
The robot/'robɑt/ was programmed to mimic a series of human movements.
the creation of a vaccine/væk'sin/ that mimics the virus
Don't try to mimic anybody. You have to be yourself if you are going to do your best...
The computer doesn't mimic human thought; it reaches the same ends by different means.
mimicrynoun
He has a gift for mimicry
noun /'mɪmɪk/
a person or animal that is good at copying the movements, sound, or appearance of someone or something else → impressionist, impersonator
a person who copies the behavior or speech of other people : a person who mimics other people
a person or an animal that can copy the voice, movements, etc. of others
a person who can copy the sounds or movements of other people
someone who is able to copy the voice, behaviour, or appearance of someone else
A mimic is a person who is able to mimic people or animals.
She's a talented mimic.
She's a brilliant mimic.
adjective /'mɪmɪk/
made to look real, but not real
a mimic battle
