Ape
[eɪp] or [ep]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
(verb.) imitate uncritically and in every aspect; 'Her little brother apes her behavior'.
整理:威廉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.
(n.) One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
(n.) A dupe.
(v. t.) To mimic, as an ape imitates human actions; to imitate or follow servilely or irrationally.
克雷格編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Monkey (without a tail).
v. a. Mimic, imitate, mock, counterfeit, take off.
編輯:特鲁迪
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Mimic, imitate, simulate, personate, represent
ANT:Not_to_imitate, vary, modify, change
欧文整理
解釋/意思:
n. a monkey: a monkey without a tail or with a very short one: a simian proper linking man and the lower animals and hence termed Anthropoid—gorilla chimpanzee orang-outang or gibbon: one who plays the ape a silly imitator: (Shak.) an imitator in a good or neutral sense.—v.t. to imitate as an ape.—ns. Ape′dom; Ape′hood; Ap′ery conduct of one who apes any ape-like action: a colony of apes.—adj. Ap′ish like an ape: imitative: foppish.—adv. Ap′ishly.—ns. Ap′ishness Ap′ism (Carlyle).—God's ape a born fool.—To lead apes in hell believed to be the lot of old maids there; To make any one his ape To put an ape in his hood (obs.) to make a fool of any one.
康妮手打
娱乐性解釋/意思:
This dream brings humiliation and disease to some dear friend. To see a small ape cling to a tree, warns the dreamer to beware; a false person is close to you and will cause unpleasantness in your circle. Deceit goes with this dream.
哈罗德手打
例句/造句/用法:
- And from the safety of his overhanging limb the ape-child sent back the fearsome answer of his kind. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- By accident the noose fell squarely about the running ape's neck, bringing him to a sudden and surprising halt. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Here was a problem the like of which he had never encountered, and he felt rather than reasoned that he must meet it as a man and not as an ape. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Tarzan is mightiest amongst you for Tarzan is no ape. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- But she would not heed, and just then the ape charged, so that Clayton could say no more. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- For a moment they lay there, and then Tarzan realized that the inert mass lying upon him was beyond power ever again to injure man or ape. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- What with loss of sleep, arduous exercise, and a full belly, Tarzan of the Apes slept the sun around, awakening about noon of the following day. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Early the next morning the apes were astir, moving through the jungle in search of food. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- All the apes had hair upon theirs but the black men were entirely hairless, with very few exceptions. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- That night Kulonga slept in the crotch of a mighty tree and far above him crouched Tarzan of the Apes. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It was an expression of her thoughts, and that was sufficient for Tarzan of the Apes. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The apes scattered by ones, and twos, and threes in all directions, but ever within sound of a signal of alarm. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
校對:杜鲁门