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单词 copycat
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Definition of copycat in English:

copycat

nounˈkɒpɪkatˈkɑpiˌkæt
derogatory, informal
  • 1(especially in children's use) a person who copies another's behaviour, dress, or ideas.

    〈非正式,贬〉(尤指孩子用语)盲目模仿他人行为(服饰,思想)的人;仿效者

    all writers are copycats
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her albums have sold over eight million copies and established the template for the innumerable crossover copycats that have followed.
    • If they were smart, they would have patented the idea, and used it to sue all these other copycats.
    • He has the first mover advantage, and Air Deccan is fast establishing itself as an alternative to the bigger airlines, and also beginning to generate clones and copycats.
    • Tilden is confident that the physics behind the robot that he spent 16 years designing will keep copycats at bay at least until next year.
    • They're not copycats, though; understand what I'm saying here.
    • Raising legal objections to a trademark violation can take 18 months of investigation, so copycats have plenty of time to take advantage of the time gap.
    • In an effort to clamp down on the production of such copies, Linchtenberg hired a private investigator to hang around furniture markets in the city and other areas to spot copycats.
    • And it's not just teachers that are spoiling the fun: hairdressers, too, are warning potential copycats that such a style could cause finer, blond hair to break, and might even result in baldness.
    • Your return is simply going to be dampened by other market copycats with the same idea.
    • Legal action was promised against the copycats.
    • ‘Other cultures are the copycats and the Italians are the inventors,’ Mr Muratore said.
    • And don't look now, but a top designer will soon be keeping up with some couture copycats for a line of affordable fashion.
    • Because this virus has been spreading so successfully, copycats are taking advantage of it and have added many additional subject lines and email bodies.
    • He is already fending off competition from copycats.
    • It's more the master showman's interest in not repeating himself, especially with copycats the world over reiterating the show he helmed a decade ago.
    • In truth, they are the handiwork of Kilmer Sheehy copycats.
    • With as much publicity and detail as this case has been given so far and will be given in the future, do you think it's going to spawn copycats?
    • They are copycats, without alternative ideas, who are simply aping the tactics of conservatives (magazines, radio, blogs) in hope of similar success.
    • And don't steal their idea - a big warning on the front page reminds you there's a lawyer on retainer to thwart copycats.
    • Taking their name from the gods of Afro-Cuban religion, this group is changing the way that Cubans express themselves in music, and spawning a lot of copycats in the process.
    Synonyms
    impersonator, impressionist, imitator, mimicker
    1. 1.1as modifier Denoting an action, typically a crime, carried out in imitation of another.
      模仿他人的行为(一般指罪行)
      copycat killings

      模仿他人的谋杀。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The judge blasted television programmes such as Jackass for inspiring copycat crimes.
      • Is there any danger, James Fox, that this kind of saturation coverage could actually inspire copycat crimes?
      • Kubrick himself banned its showing after a series of copycat crimes were attributed to the influence of the film.
      • The airline will triple the fuel tax on long-haul flights from £2.50 to between £6 and £8 in a move likely to trigger a wave of copycat hikes among other airlines.
      • What I really want to know is this - are these copycat crimes of stupidity, or is there just this global trend in trying to solve one's problems by cutting off the unit?
      • Is the anthrax scare merely a copycat crime, or is bioterrorism the next step in some larger coordinated offensive?
      • Some schools had copycat threats (two happened in suburban San Diego) others put new rules in effect, and many students used the event as a tool to get what they wanted.
      • Bayliss struggles with his memories of the Adena Watson murder from Season One when a copycat crime (look for Chris Rock in a cameo here) reminds him of his most painful failure.
      • And yet when Stanley Kubrick's movie was linked to various copycat crimes in the early 70s, the director personally had it whipped out of circulation.
      • Eric, I think what Lou is driving at, that if it were not related, it could be a nightmare situation involving so-called copycats, a copycat kind of killing.
      • Stone, meanwhile, is still facing a massive lawsuit alleging that Natural Born Killers, his satire of media exploitation of violence, is the cause of copycat killings.
      • Even if the bombings are being done by just one or a few individuals rather than as part of a crime syndicate, the last thing we want is for others to follow, copycat fashion.
      • Ronnie also noted that using the media as a scapegoat leads people to ignore problems that may exist in the homes and schools of those who commit so-called copycat crimes.
      • It is common too for forensic scientists to experience identically profiled homicides in different countries at precisely the same time and well before media release, so they are not copycat killings.
      • In cases of apparent copycat crime, victims' families sometimes have sued movie or record companies on the theory that they are responsible for the crimes their products inspired.
      • Some are starting to say that the media has saturation coverage of these tragic incidents, perhaps are going overboard, perhaps are even inspiring potential copycat perpetrators.
      • Contrary to popular belief, though, this was at the bidding of the director, not the censors, after a spate of copycat crimes.
      • Police in Berlin are investigating whether an arson early today was a copycat crime.
      • He learnt, albeit the hard way, that imitation or copycat music has no place on the international market, especially among the highly sophisticated American and European consumer publics.
      • The men who carried out both raids were Asian and detectives have not ruled out links between them but they are also considering that the second raid could have been a copycat crime.
      Synonyms
      similar, like

Definition of copycat in US English:

copycat

nounˈkäpēˌkatˈkɑpiˌkæt
derogatory, informal
  • 1(especially in children's use) a person who copies another's behavior, dress, or ideas.

    〈非正式,贬〉(尤指孩子用语)盲目模仿他人行为(服饰,思想)的人;仿效者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And it's not just teachers that are spoiling the fun: hairdressers, too, are warning potential copycats that such a style could cause finer, blond hair to break, and might even result in baldness.
    • It's more the master showman's interest in not repeating himself, especially with copycats the world over reiterating the show he helmed a decade ago.
    • In an effort to clamp down on the production of such copies, Linchtenberg hired a private investigator to hang around furniture markets in the city and other areas to spot copycats.
    • ‘Other cultures are the copycats and the Italians are the inventors,’ Mr Muratore said.
    • With as much publicity and detail as this case has been given so far and will be given in the future, do you think it's going to spawn copycats?
    • He has the first mover advantage, and Air Deccan is fast establishing itself as an alternative to the bigger airlines, and also beginning to generate clones and copycats.
    • Her albums have sold over eight million copies and established the template for the innumerable crossover copycats that have followed.
    • Raising legal objections to a trademark violation can take 18 months of investigation, so copycats have plenty of time to take advantage of the time gap.
    • If they were smart, they would have patented the idea, and used it to sue all these other copycats.
    • They're not copycats, though; understand what I'm saying here.
    • He is already fending off competition from copycats.
    • Because this virus has been spreading so successfully, copycats are taking advantage of it and have added many additional subject lines and email bodies.
    • And don't look now, but a top designer will soon be keeping up with some couture copycats for a line of affordable fashion.
    • Tilden is confident that the physics behind the robot that he spent 16 years designing will keep copycats at bay at least until next year.
    • Taking their name from the gods of Afro-Cuban religion, this group is changing the way that Cubans express themselves in music, and spawning a lot of copycats in the process.
    • And don't steal their idea - a big warning on the front page reminds you there's a lawyer on retainer to thwart copycats.
    • They are copycats, without alternative ideas, who are simply aping the tactics of conservatives (magazines, radio, blogs) in hope of similar success.
    • Legal action was promised against the copycats.
    • In truth, they are the handiwork of Kilmer Sheehy copycats.
    • Your return is simply going to be dampened by other market copycats with the same idea.
    Synonyms
    impersonator, impressionist, imitator, mimicker
    1. 1.1as modifier Denoting an action, typically a crime, carried out in imitation of another.
      模仿他人的行为(一般指罪行)
      copycat killings

      模仿他人的谋杀。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The judge blasted television programmes such as Jackass for inspiring copycat crimes.
      • Some are starting to say that the media has saturation coverage of these tragic incidents, perhaps are going overboard, perhaps are even inspiring potential copycat perpetrators.
      • In cases of apparent copycat crime, victims' families sometimes have sued movie or record companies on the theory that they are responsible for the crimes their products inspired.
      • The men who carried out both raids were Asian and detectives have not ruled out links between them but they are also considering that the second raid could have been a copycat crime.
      • The airline will triple the fuel tax on long-haul flights from £2.50 to between £6 and £8 in a move likely to trigger a wave of copycat hikes among other airlines.
      • Is there any danger, James Fox, that this kind of saturation coverage could actually inspire copycat crimes?
      • And yet when Stanley Kubrick's movie was linked to various copycat crimes in the early 70s, the director personally had it whipped out of circulation.
      • Is the anthrax scare merely a copycat crime, or is bioterrorism the next step in some larger coordinated offensive?
      • Contrary to popular belief, though, this was at the bidding of the director, not the censors, after a spate of copycat crimes.
      • Eric, I think what Lou is driving at, that if it were not related, it could be a nightmare situation involving so-called copycats, a copycat kind of killing.
      • Even if the bombings are being done by just one or a few individuals rather than as part of a crime syndicate, the last thing we want is for others to follow, copycat fashion.
      • Bayliss struggles with his memories of the Adena Watson murder from Season One when a copycat crime (look for Chris Rock in a cameo here) reminds him of his most painful failure.
      • It is common too for forensic scientists to experience identically profiled homicides in different countries at precisely the same time and well before media release, so they are not copycat killings.
      • Police in Berlin are investigating whether an arson early today was a copycat crime.
      • Stone, meanwhile, is still facing a massive lawsuit alleging that Natural Born Killers, his satire of media exploitation of violence, is the cause of copycat killings.
      • Some schools had copycat threats (two happened in suburban San Diego) others put new rules in effect, and many students used the event as a tool to get what they wanted.
      • Ronnie also noted that using the media as a scapegoat leads people to ignore problems that may exist in the homes and schools of those who commit so-called copycat crimes.
      • Kubrick himself banned its showing after a series of copycat crimes were attributed to the influence of the film.
      • What I really want to know is this - are these copycat crimes of stupidity, or is there just this global trend in trying to solve one's problems by cutting off the unit?
      • He learnt, albeit the hard way, that imitation or copycat music has no place on the international market, especially among the highly sophisticated American and European consumer publics.
      Synonyms
      similar, like
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