simile

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɪməli/    美 /ˈsɪməli/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as. countable,uncountable
    — He made a simile of George the third to Nebuchadnezzar, and of the prince regent to Belshazzar, and insisted that the prince represented the latter in not paying much attention to what had happened to kings […]
  2. Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude. countable,uncountable
  3. Something similar that's not a clone. countable,uncountable

词形变化

similes plural similia plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Homeric simile
相关词
metaphor

词源

From Latin simile (“comparison, likeness, parallel”) (first attested 1393), originally from simile, neuter form of similis (“like, similar, resembling”). Compare English similar.
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