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impersonator

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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im·per·son·a·tor /ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪtə $ -ˈpɜːrsəneɪtər/ noun [countable]  BOAPIMITATEsomeone who copies the way that other people look, speak, and behave, as part of a performance 〔在表演中模仿他人的〕模仿者 a female impersonator 男扮女装的表演者
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impersonatorRead in studio A man is being sponsored by a Government scheme to train as a Winston Churchill impersonator.Let this Cleo impersonator, this writer of letters, do what they liked.But the Parading Elvises, a group of at least 20 Elvis impersonators, will.He also moonlights as a Hulk Hogan impersonator.
im·per·son·a·tor nounChineseSyllable
look, Corpus the who people someone other copies that way


impersonator
impersonator /ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪtə $ -ˈpɜːrsəneɪtər/ noun [countable]
someone who copies the way that other people look, speak, and behave, as part of a performance:
    a female impersonator


im·per·son·atorBrE /ɪmˈpɜːsəneɪtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ɪmˈpɜːrsəneɪtər/ 🔊 nouna person who copies the way another person talks or behaves in order to entertain people 模仿他人的滑稽演员;扮演他人的人The show included a female impersonator (= a man dressed as a woman). 演出中有一位男扮女装的滑稽演员。🔊🔊


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