copycat

noun
🔊/ˈkɒpikæt/
🔊/ˈkɑːpikæt/
(informal, disapproving)
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  1. used especially by children about and to a person who copies what somebody else does because they have no ideas of their own(尤为儿童用语,指无主见的)模仿者,抄袭者,好跟人学的人

copycat

adjective
🔊/ˈkɒpikæt/
🔊/ˈkɑːpikæt/
[only before noun]
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  1. (of crimes or other actions) similar to and seen as copying an earlier well-known crime or action模仿犯罪的
    • copycat crimes抄袭罪
    • The copycat phenomenon is a danger to which the media may be contributing.模仿先前案例的犯罪现象可能是媒体报道导致的。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCopycat is used with these nouns:
    • crime
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