Word · Frequency #21125
simile
明喻
核心释义
a figure of speech that compares two different things, usually using 'like' or 'as'
- 1.
相似性,类似。
Similarity or resemblance to something else; likeness, similitude.
- 2.
一种修辞手法,表达不同种类事物之间的相似性(通常用“像”或“如”)
a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')
- 3.
相似但不完全相同的事物。
Something similar that's not a clone.
相似性,类似。；一种修辞手法,表达不同种类事物之间的相似性(通常用“像”或“如”)；相似但不完全相同的事物。；明喻说法
用法In use
In the writing exercise, Sam created a simile by saying that the night sky was like a blanket of stars.
用法提示：simile 为名词，指用“像……”表达比喻的修辞手法。
The teacher explained that similes often use 'like' or 'as', and then asked us to find two similes in the story.
用法提示：similes 是 simile 的复数形式，这里表示多个明喻例子。
Her description of the summer heat was full of similes, comparing the sun to a burning lamp.
用法提示：similes 为复数，指多个明喻表达。
a simile for sth
The poet used a simile for the sea.
诗人用了一个描写大海的明喻。
use a simile to do sth
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- use a simile
- 使用明喻
- The teacher asked us to use a simile in our poem.老师让我们在诗中使用一个明喻。
- a simile for
- ……的明喻；表示……的明喻
- The writer found a perfect simile for loneliness.作家找到了一个形容孤独的绝妙明喻。
- extended simile
- 延展明喻；扩展明喻
- The poem contains an extended simile comparing life to a journey.这首诗包含一个把生命比作旅程的延展明喻。
- vivid simile
- 生动的明喻
- She gave a vivid simile for the sound of thunder.她用一个生动的明喻来形容雷声。
- simile and metaphor
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
simile 里藏着 similar，明喻就是明说“像……一样”，常用 like 或 as。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：Literary analysis、Classroom instruction、Academic writing simile 是修辞学术语，多用于文学分析、课堂讲解或正式写作中；日常口语里通常不会直接说这个词，而是用 like 或 as 来表达比喻。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common English word rhymes with simile /ˈsɪmɪli/. Smile, missile, mobile, and reptile are -ile spelling lookalikes but are pronounced with /aɪl/ or /əl/, not /ɪli/. Similar shares the opening /sɪm/; family ends in the same /mɪli/ syllable but has a different stressed vowel, so it is not a true rhyme.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.