词的意思：imitates是imitate的第三人称单数形式，意思是模仿、仿制、效仿。
词性：动词。
常用场景：imitates常用于描述人或物体模仿另一个人或物的动作、声音和外观。例如，小孩子可能会imitates他们的父母或老师的话语和动作，电影或电视节目中的印象派表演也是在imitates名人或角色等。
词组搭配：
-imitates somebody/something：模仿某人/某物。
-imitates life：模仿生活。
-imitates nature：模仿大自然。
-imitates art：艺术模仿。
-imitates the sound of…：模仿…的声音。
相关短语：
-imitation of life：《生活的模仿》(一部电影)。
-imitation crab：橡皮蟹肉(一种模仿蟹肉的食品)。
-imitation leather：仿皮革。
-imitation jewelry：仿珠宝。
发音拼写：[ˈɪmɪteɪts]
翻译：模仿，效仿
读音：/ˈɪmɪteɪts/
例句：
1. He imitates the sound of a bird very well. (他模仿鸟的叫声非常好。)
2. The artist imitates the style of the great painters. (这位艺术家效仿伟大画家的风格。)
3. She likes to imitate her favorite movie stars. (她喜欢模仿她最喜欢的电影明星。)
imitates在中文中有”作滑稽模仿、某人的讲话”的意思，在英美地区还有”举止”的意思，发音是[ˈimiteits]，imitates来源于英语，在《英英汉-英英汉词典》中，共找到41个与imitates相关的例句。
1.作滑稽模仿
例句:Is well known that imitates the metal etching is matte ink’s own granula furnishes in gold and silver sheet printed out matte. (家喻户晓，仿金属蚀刻是诳骗磨砂油不朱自身的颗粒感，在金、银卡纸上印制不入磨砂的成果。)
2.某人的讲话
例句:A New York Jew imitates D.H. Lawrence at his own peril. (一个纽约犹太人模仿D. H. Lawrence可太危险了)
3.举止
例句:Clarence screws up his face and imitates the Colonel again. (克拉伦斯又板起面孔，模仿上校的样。)
4.把…作为例子、举止
例句:[ IMITATES GUNSHOT ] SO,ITWASAGAME . (翻译:50英尺远的地方。[模仿枪击] 所以，这是一个游戏。)
imitates一般作为名词使用，如在life imitates art(模仿)等常见短语中出现较多。
1. Clarence screws up his face and imitates the Colonel again. (翻译:克拉伦斯又板起面孔，模仿上校的样。)
2. [ IMITATES GUNSHOT ] SO,ITWASAGAME . (翻译:50英尺远的地方。[模仿枪击] 所以，这是一个游戏。)
3. Police business, look out! (翻译:- [Papi imitates siren])
4. This is a song about a creature called a hummingbird moth which imitates another creature which imitates yet another creature. (翻译:这首歌是关于一种名为蜂鸟蛾的生物 它模仿另外一种生物 而那种生物则模仿又一种生物)
5. SFSF simply imitates the Express + CVS model that’s prevalent in US and Japan, which is evidently not suitable for China’s actual conditions. (翻译:顺丰嘿店单纯仿照美国和日本流行的“快递+便利店”模式，显然不适合国情。)
6. [IMITATES FROG] “When I woke up, I felt good because the sun was shining. (翻译:[lMATES青蛙] “当我醒来时，我感觉很好… …因为阳光明媚。)
7. His is so absorbed that he watches and imitates the video tapes everyday till two or three in the morning. (翻译:他太投入了每天他都会看、模仿视频知道两三点。)
8. At least Compaq and IBM apparently think so, because both companies are trying to develop a direct sales approach that imitates Dell’s. (翻译:至少康柏和IBM显然是这么认为的，因为这两家公司都在试图发展模仿自戴尔的直销方式。)
9. A woman’s dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the near east. (翻译:模仿近东男士穿的长袖外衣的一种女士衣服。)
10. This is a song about a creature called a hummingbird moth which imitates another creature which imitates yet another creature. (翻译:这首歌是关于一种名为蜂鸟蛾的生物 它模仿另外一种生物 而那种生物则模仿又一种生物 )
11. It has bas-reliefs on four sides to accompany the models and obviously imitates the form of Rent Collection Yard. (翻译:四面有浮雕及景物模型。《农奴愤》的创作显然借鉴了《收租院》的创作经验。)
12. RB: It smiles. She imitates the smile. This happens a lot. (翻译:罗德尼布鲁克斯：他笑了。她模仿着这个微笑。这样的情形经常发生。)
13. But we know that art imitates life, and it turns out nature, three million years ago, evolved the next animal. (翻译:但是我们知道艺术模仿生命， 因此人们发现300万年前，自然进化孕育了要展出的这下一个动物。)
14. All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life. (翻译:我只想指出这么一个一般性的原则，就是生活模仿艺术的程度远胜过艺术模仿生活的程度。)
15. [BOTH LAUGH] [IMITATES MONKEY] HELLO, GENE-POOL EVOLUTION. (翻译:[都笑] [模仿猴子] 你好，基因库进化。)
imitates作为名词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有0、imitate/1、3等。
