apelike
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Adjective:
- Resembling apes: Having characteristics, features, or a manner that is similar to an ape.
- Being or given to servile imitation: Behaving in a slavishly imitative or unoriginal manner.
Usage Examples
Resembling apes:
- The fossil showed an apelike jaw structure, suggesting a close evolutionary link.
- His long arms and stooped posture gave him an apelike appearance.
Being or given to servile imitation:
- The critic dismissed the artist's early work as apelike, merely copying the masters without originality.
- He was tired of the apelike behavior of the fans, who mimicked every action of the celebrity.
Advanced Usage
- In evolutionary biology: Used to describe anatomical features in hominids that are characteristic of non-human primates.
- The specimen's apelike features were crucial to the study.
- In derogatory criticism: Used to critique art, writing, or behavior that lacks creativity and is overly imitative.
- The film was panned for its apelike adherence to genre clichés.
Variants and Related Words
- Ape (verb): To imitate or mimic, often in a clumsy or unthinking way.
- The child aped his father's gestures.
- Aper (noun, archaic): One who imitates; a mimic.
- Apish (adjective): Another term meaning resembling or characteristic of an ape; also meaning foolishly imitative.
Synonyms
- Simian: Resembling or characteristic of apes or monkeys.
- Imitative: Copying or following a model or example.
- Slavish: Showing no attempt at originality; copying completely.
Related Phrases
- To ape someone/something: To imitate someone or something, often without understanding or in a foolish way.
- He can ape the professor's accent perfectly.
Related Idioms
- Play the ape: To act foolishly or to mimic someone in a silly way. (Note: This idiom uses "ape" as a verb, not the target adjective "apelike").
- Stop playing the ape and be serious for a moment.
Adjective
- being or given to servile imitation
- resembling apes