单词 | simile |
释义 | simile['simili]n. 明喻, 明喻说法 simile sim.i.le AHD: [s¹m“…-l¶] D.J. [6s!m*li8]K.K. [6s!m*li]n.(名词)A figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced bylike or as, as in “How like the winter hath my absence been” or “So are you to my thoughts as food to life” (Shakespeare). 明喻:一种修辞手法,把两种基本不相像的东西进行比较,通常在由like 或 as 引导的短语中,如 “我的离开好象是冬天来临” 或 “你对我的思想就象食物对于生命一样重要” (莎士比亚) 语源:1. Middle English 中古英语 2. from Latin [from neuter of] similis [like] * see similar 源自 拉丁语 [] 源自similis的中性词 [像] *参见 similar |
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