| 单词 | copy-cat |
| 释义 | copy-cat colloq.|ˈkɒpɪkæt|
[cat n.1 2.]
A derogatory term for one who or that which copies (see copy v.1) another, or another's work. Hence copy-cat v. trans., to imitate slavishly; copy-catting ppl. a.
1896S. O. Jewett Country of Pointed Firs xiii. 102, I ain't heard of a copy-cat this great many years..'twas a favorite term o' my grandmother's. 1907E. S. Field Six-Cylinder Courtship 101 Good old Tom, with..his picture-gallery full of bogus Old Masters! How often have I called him a silly copy-cat. 1918C. Mackenzie Sylvia Scarlett i. vi. 183 One girl with a taste for painting discovered that she was her ideal conception of St. Cecilia; this naturally roused the jealousy of rival adorers that would not be ‘copy-cats’. 1931Oxf. Times 24 Apr. 16/4 A good architect was not a ‘copy-cat’; nor did he kick over the traces. 1932R. Lehmann Invit. Waltz ii. i. 124 You never will think for yourself. You don't want to go through life copy-catting me, do you? 1934J. Cannan Under Proof i. i. 13 You weren't playing ships till I did. You copy-catted me. 1945W. de la Mare Burning-Glass 87 Copy-cat keeps Teacher well in sight. 1961Daily Tel. 1 Apr. 16/6 Police investigating the ‘copycat’ murder found a track, over a quarter of a mile long, made by Stobb's dragged body. 1963J. Fowles Collector ii. 161 The horrid timid copycatting genteel in-between class. |
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