simile
英 [ˈsɪməli]
美 [ˈsɪməli]
n. 明喻; 明喻的运用
复数：similes
BNC.21125 / COCA.19562
同义词辨析
similen. 明喻
〔辨析〕
一种修辞手法，常用 as 或 like 等词将具有某种共同特征的两种不同事物相比拟。
〔例证〕
'The baby is as cute as an angel' is a simile.
“孩子像天使一般可爱”是句明喻。
She looks like a doctor.
她看上去像个大夫。
He is as brave as a lion.
他像狮子一般勇猛。
“孩子像天使一般可爱”是句明喻。
She looks like a doctor.
她看上去像个大夫。
He is as brave as a lion.
他像狮子一般勇猛。
metaphorn. 暗喻，隐喻
〔辨析〕
一种修辞手法，描写某事物时，将其直接说成另一不同的事物而不用比喻词，暗示两者之间有着某种相似性。
〔例证〕
She has a striking originality in her use of metaphor.
她在运用隐喻方面有着惊人的独创性。
Love is a red rose.
爱情是朵红玫瑰。
The old lady is a she-devil.
那个老太婆是个母夜叉。
她在运用隐喻方面有着惊人的独创性。
Love is a red rose.
爱情是朵红玫瑰。
The old lady is a she-devil.
那个老太婆是个母夜叉。
牛津词典
noun
- 明喻；明喻的运用
a word or phrase that compares sth to sth else, using the words like or as , for example a face like a mask or as white as snow ; the use of such words and phrases
柯林斯词典
- 明喻
Asimileis an expression which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something else. For example, the sentences 'She runs like a deer' and 'He's as white as a sheet' contain similes.
英英释义
noun
- a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
双语例句
- Simile and metaphor, personification, pun, parody and the rhyme and so on, is in advertising use frequency is highest several rhetoric method.
比喻、拟人、双关、仿拟、押韵等，是在广告中使用频率最高的几种修辞方法。 - Common language of metaphor and simile form of metaphor.
语常见的比喻形式有明喻和隐喻。 - In other words, to return to my simile, the stone must be rolled away.
换言之，用我刚提到的明喻来表示，石头必须推开。 - Her style is rich in simile.
她的文体中用很多明喻。 - Thorpe never finished the simile, for it could hardly have been a proper one.
莫兰没有说完他的比喻，因为这实在不是个很文雅的比喻。 - The Effect of the Differences between Chinese Culture and English Culture on the translation of Simile and Metaphor and the Solutions
汉英文化差异对比喻翻译的影响及解决方略 - To recur to a simile, at least partially apt, imagine the nervous system to represent a drainage-system, inclining, one the whole, toward certain muscles, but with the escape thither somewhat clogged.
借助于一个明喻（至少是切题的），将神经系统想象为一个排水系统，整体上向某些肌肉倾斜，但是，随着通向那里的出口有些堵塞。 - The stylistic devices frequently appearing in advertisements are pun, parody, hyperbole, alliteration, personification, simile, metaphor, repetition and antithesis, etc.
常用于英语广告中的修辞格有：双关、仿似、夸张、押韵、拟人、比喻、重复和对照。 - As used in an academic paper about a study of satisfied breast-feeding mothers, the simile denotes the natural synergism of mother and child.
在学术文章中，讨论到身为母亲心满意足的喂哺母乳，暗喻母亲与宝宝之间与生俱来的自然连系； - "As white as snow" is a simile.
洁白如雪是明喻。