C 类人猿；无尾猿 a large animal like a monkey, with no tail

　anthropoid ～　类人猿
　the great ～　巨猿
　the higher ～　高级猿人
　the naked ～　裸猴

　An ape can imitate man's gestures and manners.　猿能模仿人的姿态举止。
　We watched two apes grooming each other.　我们看着两只猿相互替对方梳毛。
　Chimpanzees and gorillas are both apes.　黑猩猩和大猩猩都是类人猿。
　The basketball player looks like an ape.　那个篮球选手看上去像猿猴。
　Get out, you ape.　滚出去，你这个笨东西。
　Show me your identity card instead of shooting at my foot, you ape.　把你的身份证拿出来看看，而别跟我多啰唆，你这个笨蛋。
　You're on my foot, you big ape!　你踩着我的脚了，你这个笨家伙！
　Good clown know how to play the ape.　好的小丑知道如何模仿。

 ♣ go ape　
　暴跳如雷；激动异常　become extremely angry or excited
　He went ape over another girl.　他为另一位姑娘神魂颠倒。
　The teenage boy went ape over his new car.　那个十多岁的男孩对自己的新汽车迷得不得了。

1. vt. （尤指笨拙地）模仿，学…的样子　do sth in the same way as sb else, especially when it is not done very well
2. vt. （为了取笑）学…的样子，模仿　 copy the way sb else behaves or talks, in order to make fun of them

　ape　用作动词时意思是“模仿，学…的样子”，尤其指笨拙地模仿或为了取笑而学…的样子，其结果往往是失败的，并成为笑柄。

　For years the British film industry merely aped Hollywood.　多年来，英国电影业一味模仿好莱坞。
　He apes everything his father does.　他模仿他父亲的一切作为。
　He called the new building unoriginal and said that it merely aped the classical traditions.　他说这幢新建筑缺乏新意，只是仿效古典传统而已。
　The girl aped the way the movie star fixed her hair.　这女孩子模仿影星的发式。
　We used to ape the teacher's southern accent.　我们过去常模仿老师的南方口音。

 ♣ ape, copy, imitate
　这组词的共同意思是“模仿”。其区别是：copy指在每个细节上都模仿原物，使其在每个方面都与原物特别相像；ape指模仿人或人的举动言谈等，自己羡慕的东西，但又模仿的不像，并成为笑柄；imitate指学某物的核心部分，但在细节上却不一定一样。