similes是什么意思？

similes

英['sɪmɪlɪz] 美['sɪmɪlɪz]

• n. （使用like或as等词语的）明喻( simile的名词复数 )；

例句

• Similes usually start with “like” or “as”. 明喻通常以like或as开头。
• Similes usually start with " like " or " as ". 明喻通常以 like 或as开头.
• I conceive you to be now commending the similes. 我想你现在在称赞这个比喻了.
• All similes and allegories concerning her began and ended with birds. 要比仿她,要模拟她,总得以鸟类始,还得以鸟类终.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  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.