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.
英汉词典释义
n.
(使用like或as等词语的)明喻
Similes usually start with “like” or “as”.明喻通常以like或as开头。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')