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
- This point has to be emphasized because many people, even some great scholars, have misunderstood and misinterpreted this simile as referring to Nirvana.
这一点要强调的，因为很多人，甚至一些伟大的学者，误解和曲解为是指涅盘这个比喻。 - In another funny message, one kid writes their mum a poem with a rather telling simile: 'Roses are red, just like your face when dad eats our snack'.
在另一张有趣的纸条中，一个孩子给自己的妈妈写了首诗，其中有一个相当生动的比喻：玫瑰是红色的，就像爸爸吃我们的零食时您的脸。 - By demonstrating the lexical functions in the figurative speech with animal names, the article presents the rhetoric function of animal names in simile and metaphor.
本文从动物比喻的词汇功能出发，通过实例对动物名称在明喻和暗喻中的修辞功能作一浅显分析，指明它与英语文化和思维方式密不可分。 - 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 - Then, one of the monks requested the Lord Buddha to explain the simile, which the Buddha did it in this way.
接着就有一位比丘请求佛陀解释这个比喻。佛陀就详细加以解释。 - If might be an image, a comparison, the finding of likeness between unlike things which is at the heart of metaphor and simile making.
也可能是一个意象，一个对比，在不同之物中寻找到的相同点，而这也是隐喻和明喻的内涵。 - Interesting, the earliest recorded use of chicken in English refers to the young of the domestic fowl in a simile.
有趣的是，英语中chicken一词最早用来比喻还没长大的家禽。 - It is evident that the image of the line "raised or rent the veil" taken from Schiller's popular poem is often alluded to as a simile and metaphor.
可见，席勒这个流行作品中的“揭去或撕破一层面纱”诗句形象，在马克思的《资本论》中是一个常用的比喻和隐喻。 - The simile is used to convey the quickness of the biological expansion.
这样的用法一般是用来叙述特定生物现象的快速扩展。 - 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。