ape
[eɪp] noun countable
■an animal like a large monkey which has no tail and uses its arms to swing through trees 猿；无尾猿；类人猿•Chimpanzees and gorillas are both apes.黑猩猩和大猩猩都是类人猿。
[eɪp] noun countable
go ape (offensive go ape-shit) informal
■to become extremely angry 暴跳如雷•She went ape because I was half an hour late.我迟到了半小时，结果她暴跳如雷。
[eɪp] verb transitive disapproving
■to copy something or someone badly and unsuccessfully （拙劣地）模仿•He called the new building unoriginal and said that it merely aped the classical traditions.他称这座新楼的风格毫无新意，并说它只不过是对古典传统建筑的拙劣模仿。 |