Tra từ imitate - Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

im·i·tate (ĭmʹĭ-tāt')tr.v. im·i·tat·ed, im·i·tat·ing, im·i·tates
1. To use or follow as a model.
2.
a. To copy the actions, appearance, mannerisms, or speech of; mimic:
amused friends by imitating the teachers.
b. To copy or use the style of:
brushwork that imitates Rembrandt.
3. To copy exactly; reproduce.
4. To appear like; resemble. [Latin imitārī, imitāt-. See aim- in Indo-European Roots.] imʹi·ta'tor n.
Synonyms: imitate, copy, mimic, ape, parody, simulate
These verbs mean to follow something or someone taken as a model. To imitate is to act like or follow a pattern or style set by another: “Art imitates Nature” (Richard Franck). To copy is to duplicate an original as precisely as possible: “His grandfather had spent a laborious life-time in Rome, copying the Old Masters for a generation which lacked the facile resource of the camera” (Edith Wharton). To mimic is to make a close imitation, often with an intent to ridicule: “fresh carved cedar, mimicking a glade/Of palm and plaintain” (John Keats). To ape is to follow another's lead slavishly but often with an absurd result: “Those [superior] states of mind do not come from aping an alien culture” (John Russell). To parody is either to imitate with comic effect or to attempt a serious imitation and fail: “All these peculiarities [of Samuel Johnson's literary style] have been imitated by his admirers and parodied by his assailants” (Thomas Macaulay). To simulate is to feign or falsely assume the appearance or character of something: “I... lay there simulating death” (W.H. Hudson).