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imitative

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喜模仿的,偽造的,摹擬的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Imitative \Im"i*ta*tive\, a. [L. imitavitus: cf. F. imitatif.]
   1. Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating;
      exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a
      pattern or model; dependent on example; not original; as,
      man is an imitative being; painting is an imitative art.

   2. Formed after a model, pattern, or original.

            This temple, less in form, with equal grace, Was
            imitative of the first in Thrace.     --Dryden.

   3. (Nat. Hist.) Designed to imitate another species of
      animal, or a plant, or inanimate object, for some useful
      purpose, such as protection from enemies; having
      resamblance to something else; as, imitative colors;
      imitative habits; dendritic and mammillary forms of
      minerals are imitative. -- {Im"i*ta*tive*ly}, adv. --
      {Im"i*ta*tive*ness}, n.

Imitative \Im"i*ta*tive\, n. (Gram.)
   A verb expressive of imitation or resemblance. [R.]

資料來源 : WordNet®

imitative
     adj 1: marked by or given to imitation; "acting is an imitative
            art"; "man is an imitative being" [ant: {nonimitative}]
     2: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound;
        "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was
        independently developed in more than one place as an
        onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer [syn: {echoic}, {onomatopoeic},
         {onomatopoeical}, {onomatopoetic}] [ant: {nonechoic}]
     3: not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit
        emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art";
        "a counterfeit prince" [syn: {counterfeit}] [ant: {genuine}]
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