similitude

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /sɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/    美 /sɪˈmɪlɪtuːd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Similarity or resemblance to something else. uncountable
    — So am I tossed on the ebbing tide of life—now in sunshine, now in shade—seemingly free, yet, in reality, fettered by the strong, though slight chain of circumstance. For a small sum, any passenger may enter that boat and direct its course; and here again is similitude. I am at the beck of others.
  2. A way in which two people or things share similitude. countable
    — Aemulation was similitude within distance: the sky resembled a face because it had “eyes” — the sun and moon.
  3. Someone or something that closely resembles another; a duplicate or twin. countable
    — But others declare that no Creature can be made or tranſmuted into a better or vvorſe, or transformed into another ſpecies or ſimilitude, by man, or devill. […] Martinus [i.e., Martin] Delrio the Jeſuit accounts this degeneration of Man into a Beaſt to be an illuſion, deceptive and repugnant to Nature; for, the ſoule of man cannot informe a beaſts body, […]
  4. A parable or allegory. countable,uncountable
    — And he spake many thynges to them in similitudes, sayinge: Beholde, the sower wentt forth to sowe, And as he sowed, some fell by the wayes side [...].
  5. A similarity: a transformation of Euclidean space that preserves angles and the ratios of distances. countable

词形变化

similitudes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antisimilitude consimilitude similitudinal similitudinary
相关词
dissimilitude

词源

From Old French similitude, from Latin similitūdō. By surface analysis, similar + -itude.
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