mimetic

Word family nounmimermimesismimestermimetitemimicmimickermimicrymimographermimographymimeMimusadjectivemimeticmimicaladverbmimetically

mi·met·ic /məˈmetɪk/ adjectiveadj technical

IMITATEcopying the movements or appearance of someone or something else 模仿的，模拟的；拟态的

Examples from the Corpus

mimetic• A mimetic butterfly is one that resembles another kind of butterfly-usually a poisonous one.• The Formalists evaluate literary form for its perceptibility and not for its mimetic capacity.• No, M' lud, we hold that it would have an emetic, not a mimetic, effect on any reader.• And, conversely, does mimetic illusionism-the anthropomorphic statue-always fail as art?• In addition, hosts in sympatry were less likely to reject a mimetic model egg than a non-mimetic one.• For example, does the precision of mimetic patterns in butterflies reflect the degree of protection they confer.• Nathalie Sarraute's novels could be claimed to display autonomy and reflexivity, despite her preoccupation with such a mimetic project.• Indeed Bratby's and Diebenkorn's works are stylistically closer to Expressionism than to mimetic realism.

Origin mimetic

(1600-1700) Greek mimetikos, from mimeisthai “to copy”

单词	mimetic
释义	mimetic Word family nounmimermimesismimestermimetitemimicmimickermimicrymimographermimographymimeMimusadjectivemimeticmimicaladverbmimetically mi·met·ic /məˈmetɪk/ adjectiveadj technical IMITATEcopying the movements or appearance of someone or something else 模仿的，模拟的；拟态的 Examples from the Corpus mimetic• A mimetic butterfly is one that resembles another kind of butterfly-usually a poisonous one.• The Formalists evaluate literary form for its perceptibility and not for its mimetic capacity.• No, M' lud, we hold that it would have an emetic, not a mimetic, effect on any reader.• And, conversely, does mimetic illusionism-the anthropomorphic statue-always fail as art?• In addition, hosts in sympatry were less likely to reject a mimetic model egg than a non-mimetic one.• For example, does the precision of mimetic patterns in butterflies reflect the degree of protection they confer.• Nathalie Sarraute's novels could be claimed to display autonomy and reflexivity, despite her preoccupation with such a mimetic project.• Indeed Bratby's and Diebenkorn's works are stylistically closer to Expressionism than to mimetic realism. Origin mimetic (1600-1700) Greek mimetikos, from mimeisthai “to copy”
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