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ape

[ eyp ]

noun

  1. Anthropology, Zoology. any member of the superfamily Hominoidea, the two extant branches of which are the lesser apes (gibbons) and the great apes (humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans). catarrhine.
  2. (loosely) any primate except humans.
  3. an imitator; mimic.
  4. Informal. a big, ugly, clumsy person.
  5. Disparaging and Offensive. (used as a slur against a member of a racial or ethnic minority group, especially a Black person.)


verb (used with object)

aped, aping.
  1. to ape another's style of writing.

adjective

  1. Slang. (usually in the phrase go ape )
    1. violently emotional:

      When she threatened to leave him, he went ape.

    2. extremely enthusiastic (often followed by over or for ):

      They go ape over old rock music.

      We were all ape for the new movie trailer.

ape

/ 别瑟辫 /

noun

  1. any of various primates, esp those of the family Pongidae , in which the tail is very short or absent See anthropoid ape See also great ape
  2. not in technical use any monkey
  3. an imitator; mimic
  4. informal.
    a coarse, clumsy, or rude person
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to imitate
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞补辫别藢濒颈办别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补辫别路濒颈办别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ape1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English apa; cognate with Old Saxon apo, Old Norse api, Old High German affo ( German Affe ); further origin uncertain
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ape1

Old English apa; related to Old Saxon ape, Old Norse api, Old High German affo
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Chimpanzees comfort each other when in distress, despite typically being referred to as "violent" and "despotic" when compared to other apes.

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His underlings ape his ghoulish glee in making life miserable for undocumented immigrants.

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An electronic score by John Carroll Kirby apes the sound of the era but devolves into abstraction as the story develops into something darker.

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No, what makes this complicated is that Donald Trump is aping Putin鈥檚 talking points about who started the war.

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The debut of the shackled ape in 鈥淜ing Kong鈥 and scenes from two 鈥淎 Star Is Born鈥 films were shot inside.

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