apish
/ey-pish/US // ˈeɪ pɪʃ //UK // (ˈeɪpɪʃ) //
猿人,猿猴,猿类,猿
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : having the qualities, appearance, or ways of an ape.
- : slavishly imitative.
- : foolishly affected; silly.
Synonyms & Antonyms
adj.affected
Examples
He came shuffling forward with a hundred apish conges and chers milors, to express his happiness at seeing Lord Dalgarno again.
He was broadly built, with long apish arms and a mighty chest, but with lean loins and thin bandy legs.
Vanity and the desire of showing off play no small part in the wrongdoings of apes and apish men and women.
That apish-looking man there, with the long beard and the loose trousers—he is the woman's brother.
Even Plutarch himself laments his daughter for the little apish tricks of her infancy.
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