英语释义

• the resemblance of an animal species to another species or to natural objects; provides concealment and protection from predators

• the act of mimicking; imitative behavior

片语

Antigenic mimicry抗原模拟

social mimicry社群拟态

simulation仿真；模拟；模仿；假装

aggressive mimicry[昆] 攻击拟态

chemical mimicryChemical mimicry is mimicryMimicry is a difficult phenomenon to define. Approximately, one group of living things is perceived to be similar to another group (usually group = species) by a signal receiver, benefiting the signaller and (normally) harming the receiver mediated via chemoreception (the chemical senses of smell and taste).

analog[自] 模拟的；有长短针的

Project Mimicry模拟生态

protective mimicry[昆]

mimicry peptides短肽

biological mimicry或称生物学拟态

reciprocal mimicry交互拟态

imitation人造的，仿制的

英汉例句

• when a group or a nation thinks about another group or nation, there doesn’t seem to be much natural sympathy, natural mimicry or a natural desire for attachment.

  在一个群体或一个国家看待另一个群体或国家时，他们似乎没表现出什么天生的同感，模仿或者是相互喜爱的渴望。

• the advantage of mimicry was clear. monkeys looked longer at the imitator than they did at the other experimenter, and they chose to stand in front of the imitator more often.

  模仿的好处很明显，猴子看模仿者的时间比其它人更长，也更多选择站在模仿者面前。

• in one study, she and her colleagues are testing the idea that mimicry lets people recognize authentic smiles.

  在一项研究中，她和同事们测试了模仿别人的微笑，是否能让人辨别出真假微笑。

• does mimicry increase liking?

  模仿能增加好感么？

• since we「re all different, some people will naturally engage in mimicry more than others.

  因为我们都是独特的个体，有的人会自然地比其他人更容易去模仿。

• but is it really true that mimicry causes others to like us, or is mimicry just a by-product of successful social interactions?

  真的是如此么，又或者是模仿只不过就是成功的社交互动的一种副产品？

• because it is largely automatic, the researchers write, such facial mimicry reflects how the ambiguous face is perceived, revealing that participants were literally seeing different expressions.

  由于这些行为大部分是无意识的，研究人员写道，这些面部模仿动作可以反映出这模棱两可的面试怎么被理解的，显示了参与者在看的确实是不同的面。

• although the male-like females have an overall lower birth rate than other females, they do still mate and reproduce, maintaining the mimicry in the damselfly population.

  尽管这样的类雄性雌性的出生率低于那些普通雌性，它们仍然会交配和生育，在蜻蜓种群中延续这种拟态。

• one theory is that mimicry somehow promotes safety in groups of animals by binding them together — that mimicry is a kind of social glue.

  有一种理论认为，在动物群体中模仿可以把个体联系在一起以增加安全感——模仿是一种社会粘合剂。

• employing biological mimicry at an extremely small scale this unconventional aircraft is designed to provide military reconnaissance capabilities in urban environments.

  这种尺寸极小的非传统飞行器采用仿生设计，能提供在城市环境下的监视能力。

• creative shapes, masterful color blending, and mimicry of physical interfaces from the real world.

  独创的外形，熟练的色彩混合，以及对真实世界中许多物理接口的模仿。

• the mimicry had not only increased good will toward the researcher within minutes, the study concluded, but it also prompted 「an increased pro-social orientation in general.」

  实验结果显示，模仿不仅在短暂的几分钟内增加了参与学生对研究人员的好感，而且大体上增进了社会和谐。

• inspired by nature, the design of this cable wire lock is a mimicry of ivy.

  受自然的启发，这个线缆车锁是对常春藤的模仿设计。

• the idea is a fresh twist on the well-established phenomenon of mimicry among animals.

  简森等人提出的观点等于是对拟态伪装现象作出了全新的解读。

• in other words, their mimicry improved as their numbers increased relative to the amount of males.

  或者说，雌性的拟态行为帮助它们在数量上更接近雄性了。

• the reason why this probably happens is tied to the strategy behind the mimicry itself.

  这种情况会发生的原因跟产生拟态的策略是分不开的。

• mimicry 「may have adaptive value, 」 the dutch team concluded, 「enhancing the chances of successful procreation of those members of a species who adopt this specific behavior.」

  模仿可能有「适应价值」，荷兰团队得出结论，「在种群中，有这种特定行为的个体能提升成功繁殖后代的机会。」

• her performance is astonishing and all but flawless; a masterpiece of mimicry which re-imagines thatcher in all her half-forgotten glory.

  她的表演让人惊叹，并且完美无瑕；杰出的模仿重现了撒切尔全部的荣光，虽然大半已经被人遗忘了。

• but what」s this connection between social mimicry and hypnotism that i mentioned at the top?

  而社会模仿与我之前提到的催眠又有着怎样的联系呢？

相似词

acting代理的；表演的