simile
simile 英 ['sɪmɪlɪ] 美 ['sɪməli]
n. 明喻；直喻
名词复数:similes
- Use the noun simile when describing a comparison between two fundamentally different things, such as: "His voice was smooth, like butter in a warm pan."
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- n. 明喻；直喻
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1. In Book One alone there are four primary instances of what we can think of as this primary simile dynamic.
仅第一本里就有四个主要的例证,我们可以看作最初的明喻来源的动力。
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2. Lister said people should follow the 1946 advice of writer George Orwell: "Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
李斯特说人们最好遵循作家乔治·奥威尔1946年提出的建议：“不要使用那些在各种出版物上频繁出现的暗喻、明喻或其他修辞格。”
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3. The simile is a common device and a useful one, but similes coming in rapid fire, one right on top of another, are more distracting than illuminating.
明喻是常用的修辞术，也很好用，但是像连珠炮式的比喻与其说是富有启发性，不如说是在转移注意力。
- simile (n.) late 14c., from Latin simile "a like thing; a comparison, likeness, parallel," neuter of similis "like, resembling, of the same kind" (see similar). Both things must be mentioned and the comparison directly stated. To Johnson, "A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject."
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