apenoun詞源 1/eɪp/

• 1

  An anthropoid of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

  • Of vvhat texte thou proveſt hell / vvill a nother prove purgatory / a nother lymbo patrum / and a nother the aſſumpcion of oure ladi: And a nother ſhall prove of the ſame texte that an Ape hath a tayle.
• 2

  A Hominoidea primate other than a human.

• 3

  derogatoryAn unintelligent or unsophisticated person, especially one who behaves irrationally or in an uncivilised manner.

• 4

  derogatoryslurAn unintelligent or unsophisticated person, especially one who behaves irrationally or in an uncivilised manner.

  • Animalistic dehumanisation, 'simianisation' and the animalising of black bodies through metaphorically likening these individuals to 'baboons,' 'monkeys' or 'apes' reveals racialised animality discourse in South Africa.
  • But he was worried about Leiter in the hands of those clumsy black apes.
• 5

  One who apes; a foolish imitator.

• 6

  A person who invests in meme stock, especially one who uses subreddits such as /r/wallstreetbets.

  • I could not think of a better representation of the good in this world, let alone this r***^([sic]) band of apes on Reddit.
  • The tragic consequences of Bed Bath & Beyond's whiplashing fortunes have cast an even darker cloud over Cohen's reputation. But in all likelihood the meme-stock phenomenon is here to stay--even if Cohen and his ilk are profiting off the backs of the "apes" who support them.

apeverb詞源 1/eɪp/

• 1

  To behave like an ape.

• 2

  To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.

  • And well their dignity it ſuits, / To ape the gravity of brutes.
  • But there’s this difference; one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of silver.

apeadj詞源 2/eɪp/

• 1

  slangWild; crazy.

  • We were ape over the new look.
  • He went ape when he heard the bad news.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• alkylphenol ethoxylate