🇬🇧🇨🇳 mimicry - 模仿 : English Lesson

Meaning of "mimicry" ("模仿"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Mimicry is when you copy the way a person or animal talks, moves, or acts, usually to make people laugh. For example, you might speak in a squeaky voice to pretend to be a mouse, flap your arms like a chicken, or walk like a robot. You are not turning into that thing for real—you are just pretending very well so others recognize it and think it’s funny.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My aunt’s opera-singer mimicry shattered exactly zero glass, but it did crack all of our sanity.

My little brother’s superhero mimicry ended when he tried to fly, jumped off the couch, and discovered gravity.

Our cat’s mimicry of a dying trumpet every morning at 5 a.m. should win an award for “Most Annoying Alarm Clock.”

At the talent show, my mimicry of the school bell ended the class ten minutes early and made me a hero.

Some animals use mimicry to survive—like harmless butterflies copying the colors of poisonous ones—proving that good copying skills can literally be a lifesaver.

A small girl sits by the pond and uses mimicry to copy a duck's waddle, its quack, then a crow's hop. Her mimicry makes the children point and laugh; her mimicry makes the ducks tilt their heads. Even the old man joins in mimicry, copying her grin. They all leave smiling at the playful mimicry.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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