copycat

英 [ˈkɒpikæt]

美 [ˈkɑːpikæt]

n.  (尤为儿童用语，指无主见的)模仿者; 抄袭者; 好跟人学的人
adj.  模仿犯罪的

复数：copycats　

BNC.37512 / COCA.19280

牛津词典

noun

• （尤为儿童用语，指无主见的）模仿者；抄袭者；好跟人学的人
  used especially by children about and to a person who copies what sb else does because they have no ideas of their own

adj.

• 模仿犯罪的
  similar to and seen as copying an earlier well-known crime

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 模仿犯罪的
  Acopycatcrime is committed by someone who is copying someone else.
  1. ...a series of copycat attacks by hooligan gangs.
     流氓团伙的一系列模仿性袭击
• N-COUNT 模仿者;好跟人学的人
  If you call someone acopycat, you are accusing them of copying your behaviour, dress, or ideas.
  1. The Beatles have copycats all over the world.
     披头士乐队的模仿者遍布全世界。

英英释义

noun

• someone who copies the words or behavior of another
  Synonym:imitatoremulatorapeaper

双语例句

• I think we're definitely dealing with a copycat killer.
  我想我们肯定在对付一个模仿杀手。
• The Beatles have copycats all over the world.
  披头士乐队的模仿者遍布全世界。
• I doubt if any of my team-mates liked me any more for my copycat drinking and if my boss was impressed he never let on.
  我怀疑，由于我盲目模仿喝酒，我的同事是否还会有人喜欢我，我的老板是否对他所不允许的行为印象深刻。
• The Internet has made it harder to enforce intellectual property rights, creating havens for pirates and narrowing the advantage of innovator over copycat.
  互联网增加了保护知识产权的难度，成了盗版者的避风港，缩小了创新者相对于模仿者的优势。
• If there are a string of copycat strikes after Honda, it will be a big headache for companies.
  如果发生一系列效仿本田（部件厂）的罢工，企业将感到非常头痛。
• Activists from Egypt to Hong Kong fear copycat steps in their countries will strengthen barriers to global information flows.
  从埃及到香港，活动人士担心各自的国家效仿此举，从而加大全球信息流动的阻碍。
• The murderer in the movie imitated other famous murderers, so he was copycat killer.
  噢，现在我懂了。那个侦探是说那个杀人犯是模仿其他杀人犯的作案方法。
• We got a copycat who got ahold of that book.
  我们处理的是得到那本书的人制造的模仿案。
• A copycat version of a successful product; a copycat crime.
  一个成功产品的仿造物；模仿他人的犯罪。
• We haven't ruled out the possibility of a copycat yet.
  我们还没有排除模仿犯罪的可能性。