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simile

/sim-uh-lee/US // ˈsɪm ə li //UK // (ˈsɪmɪlɪ) //

譬喻说,譬喻,比喻,譬如

Related Words

similitude相似性,类似性,相像性,相似度metaphor比喻,比拟,比方说,比喻性analogy类比,比方说,比喻,比拟

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”Compare metaphor.
    • : an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncomparison
Forms: similes
Synonyms
analogy类比,比方说,比喻,比拟metaphor比喻,比拟,比方说,比喻性similitude相似性,类似性,相像性,相似度

Examples

  • It called for him to write a poem using a simile or metaphor.

  • He surprises readers with similes that are sobering, in the middle of laughter.

  • The matron expressed her entire concurrence in this intelligible simile, and the beadle went on.

  • The modern simile is that of a donkey between two bundles of hay.

  • No one can say to himself, “I will now make a good simile,” and straightway fulfill his promise.

  • A simile is an expressed comparison between unlike things that have some common quality.

  • Here the simile seems to be as unlike as possible, for the lot could fall only upon one.

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