simile
/sim-uh-lee/US // ˈsɪm ə li //UK // (ˈsɪmɪlɪ) //
譬喻说,譬喻,比喻,譬如
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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nouncomparison
Forms: similes
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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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