ape
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/eɪp/
🇬🇧
/eɪp/
A large animal like a monkey without a tail.
The ape swung from tree to tree in the jungle.
그 원숭이는 정글에서 나무에서 나무로 흔들렸다.
To copy someone else's actions, often poorly.
He tried to ape the famous dancer's moves but couldn't do it well.
그는 유명한 댄서의 동작을 따라하려고 했지만 잘하지 못했다.
To copy someone's behavior or speech to make fun of them.
The children would ape their teacher's funny way of talking.
아이들은 선생님의 재미있는 말투를 따라하며 놀렸다.