imitation 音标拼音: [
, ɪmət'eʃən]
n . 模仿,效法,冒充,赝品
模仿,效法,冒充,赝品
imitation adj 1 :
not genuine or real ;
being an imitation of the genuine article ; "
it isn '
t fake anything ;
it '
s real synthetic fur "; "
faux pearls "; "
false teeth "; "
decorated with imitation palm leaves "; "
a purse of simulated alligator hide " [
synonym : {
fake }, {
false }, {
faux }, {
imitation },
{
simulated }]
n 1 :
the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations [
ant : {
formalism }]
2 :
something copied or derived from an original 3 :
copying (
or trying to copy )
the actions of someone else 4 :
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect [
synonym : {
caricature }, {
imitation }, {
impersonation }]
Imitation \
Im "
i *
ta "
tion \,
n . [
L .
imitatio :
cf .
F .
imitation .]
1 .
The act of imitating .
[
1913 Webster ]
Poesy is an art of imitation , . . .
that is to say ,
a representing ,
counterfeiting ,
or figuring forth .
--
Sir P .
Sidney .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
That which is made or produced as a copy ;
that which is made to resemble something else ,
whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes ;
likeness ;
resemblance .
[
1913 Webster ]
Both these arts are not only true imitations of nature ,
but of the best nature . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Mus .)
One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition ;
the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme ,
phrase ,
or motive ,
on different degrees of pitch ,
by one or more of the other parts of voises .
Cf . {
Canon }.
[
1913 Webster ]
4 . (
Biol .)
The act of condition of imitating another species of animal ,
or a plant ,
or unanimate object .
See {
Imitate },
v .
t .,
3 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
Imitation is often used adjectively to characterize things which have a deceptive appearance ,
simulating the qualities of a superior article ; --
opposed to {
real }
or {
genuine };
as ,
imitation lace ;
imitation bronze ;
imitation modesty ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
302 Moby Thesaurus words for "
imitation ":
accordance ,
acting ,
adoption ,
affected ,
agent ,
agreement ,
alike ,
alikeness ,
alliance ,
alternate ,
alternative ,
analogy ,
aped ,
aping ,
apocryphal ,
approach ,
appropriation ,
approximation ,
artificial ,
assimilation ,
assumed ,
assumption ,
backup ,
bastard ,
bogus ,
borrowed plumes ,
brummagem ,
burlesque ,
caricature ,
certified copy ,
change ,
changeling ,
characterization ,
cheat ,
clinquant ,
closeness ,
colorable ,
colored ,
community ,
comparability ,
comparison ,
conduplication ,
conformity ,
consimilar ,
copied ,
copy ,
copying ,
correspondence ,
counterfeit ,
counterfeited ,
counterpart ,
deputy ,
derivation ,
deriving ,
distorted ,
double ,
doubling ,
dressed up ,
dumb show ,
dummy ,
duplicate ,
duplication ,
echo ,
ectype ,
embellished ,
embodiment ,
embroidered ,
emulation ,
enacting ,
enactment ,
equal ,
equivalent ,
ersatz ,
exchange ,
facsimile ,
factitious ,
fair copy ,
faithful copy ,
fake ,
faked ,
fakement ,
false ,
falsified ,
farce ,
favoring ,
feigned ,
fictitious ,
fictive ,
fill -
in ,
following ,
forged ,
forgery ,
frame -
up ,
fraud ,
garbled ,
gemination ,
ghost ,
ghostwriter ,
hoax ,
hokey ,
homogeneous ,
icon ,
identical ,
identity ,
illegitimate ,
image ,
imitated ,
impersonating ,
impersonation ,
impostor ,
impression ,
incarnation ,
infringement ,
ingemination ,
iteration ,
junk ,
junky ,
knockoff ,
lampoon ,
like ,
likeness ,
likening ,
locum tenens ,
make -
believe ,
makeshift ,
man -
made ,
masquerade ,
metaphor ,
metonymy ,
mimesis ,
mimicked ,
mimicking ,
mimicry ,
miming ,
mock ,
mock -
up ,
mockery ,
mocking ,
model ,
nearly reproduced ,
nearness ,
next best thing ,
not unlike ,
palingenesis ,
pantomime ,
pantomiming ,
parallelism ,
paraphrase ,
parity ,
parody ,
paste ,
pasticcio ,
pastiche ,
performance ,
performing ,
personation ,
personification ,
personnel ,
perverted ,
phony ,
picture ,
pinch ,
pinch hitter ,
pinchbeck ,
pirating ,
plagiarism ,
plagiarized ,
plagiary ,
playing ,
portrait ,
portrayal ,
posing ,
pretended ,
provisional ,
proxy ,
pseudo ,
put -
on ,
put -
up job ,
quasi ,
queer ,
quotation ,
re -
creation ,
re -
formation ,
reappearance ,
rebirth ,
rebuilding ,
reconstitution ,
reconstruction ,
recurrence ,
redesign ,
redoing ,
redoubling ,
reduplication ,
reecho ,
reedition ,
reestablishment ,
refashioning ,
regeneration ,
regenesis ,
regurgitation ,
reincarnation ,
reinstitution ,
reissue ,
reiteration ,
relief ,
remaking ,
renascence ,
renewal ,
renovation ,
reoccurrence ,
reorganization ,
repetition ,
replacement ,
replica ,
replication ,
representation ,
representative ,
reprinting ,
reproduction ,
resemblance ,
resembling ,
reserve ,
reserves ,
reshaping ,
restoration ,
restructuring ,
resumption ,
resurrection ,
return ,
revision ,
revival ,
ringer ,
rip -
off ,
sameness ,
satire ,
second string ,
secondary ,
self -
styled ,
semblance ,
sham ,
shoddy ,
sign ,
similar ,
similarity ,
simile ,
similitude ,
simulacrum ,
simulated ,
simulation ,
smacking of ,
so -
called ,
soi -
disant ,
something like ,
spare ,
spares ,
spurious ,
squib ,
stand -
in ,
stopgap ,
sub ,
substituent ,
substitute ,
substitution ,
succedaneum ,
suggestive of ,
superseder ,
supplanter ,
supposititious ,
surrogate ,
swindle ,
symbol ,
synecdoche ,
synthetic ,
take -
off ,
takeoff ,
taking ,
temporary ,
tentative ,
third string ,
tin ,
tinsel ,
titivated ,
token ,
travesty ,
twinning ,
twisted ,
unauthentic ,
understudy ,
ungenuine ,
uniform with ,
unnatural ,
unreal ,
utility ,
utility player ,
version ,
vicar ,
vicarious ,
vice -
president ,
vice -
regent ,
warped ,
whited sepulcher ,
wicked imitation
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