simile

英 [ˈsɪməli] 美 [ˈsɪməli]

n.  明喻; 明喻的运用

复数:similes

GRETEM8

BNC.21125 / COCA.19562



牛津词典

noun

  1. 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

    1. 明喻
      A simile is 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.

      双语例句

      1. Another point of resemblance in the simile "Women are clothes for you and you are clothing unto them," which comes to mind is that one of the characteristics of clothing is that it conceals.
        “女人是你的衣服,你是她们的衣服。”这个比喻的类同之处在于,衣服的特性之一就是蔽体遮羞。
      2. 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。
      3. 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。
      4. 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。
      5. 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。
      6. There is no point using a simile like "the boy cried like anything," since it obscures the meaning, instead of clarifying it.
        用一个像“男孩哭得像什么一样”这样的明喻是毫无意义的,因为它模糊了意思而不是澄清了它。
      7. There are four ways of metaphorical translation, which are literal translation, metonymy translation, simile translation and free translation.
        隐喻的翻译方法大致有四种:直译法、换喻法、明喻法和意译法。
      8. Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself-with a simile.& J. B. Priestley
        可以说,喜剧是社会用微笑保护自己。&普利斯特利
      9. 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。
      10. 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。
      11. It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours.
        一个比喻要完全贴切是不容易的。
      12. Common language of metaphor and simile form of metaphor.
        语常见的比喻形式有明喻和隐喻。
      13. 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;
      14. 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。
      15. This is the simile of what I have just given to you.
        不过这是我已经给予你们的明喻。
      16. "As white as snow" is a simile.
        洁白如雪是明喻。
      17. Compared with a simile, a metaphor is less literal and more figurative.
        同明喻相比,暗喻不那么书面化而且更加形象化。
      18. 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。
      19. 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。
      20. As used in an academic paper about a biological condition, the simile denotes a marked change of status for a fibrous material.
        在学术文章中,多应用于生物现象,意思是「纤维物料状态的明显改变」。
      21. 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
      22. 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。
      23. 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。
      24. Her style is rich in simile.
        她的文体中用很多明喻。
      25. But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile; and my unhallowed hands shall not disturb it, or the country's done for.
        不过,在这个比喻?陬炙?的智慧,因此我这双不洁的手不该随便乱改,否则国家就完蛋了。
      26. Back to thinking about the battlefield, there is a simile I can give you.
        回想战争,我能给予你们一个明喻的说法。
      27. 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。
      28. I believe this simile largely speaks the truth.
        我相信这种比拟在很大程度上道出了真实。
      29. It is a trite simile to compare her teeth to pearls.
        把她的牙齿比做珍珠是陈腐的比喻。
      30. 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。

      同义词辨析

        simile metaphor【导航词义:比喻】

        simile n. 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。

        metaphor n. 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。

      英英释义

      noun

      1. a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')