a word or phrase that compares something to something 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 明喻；明喻的運用 The General liked to apply military similes to a very wide variety of matters. 這位將軍喜歡把軍事上的比喻廣泛應用於各種事情。 the writer’s use of simile 作家對明喻的運用
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, neuter of similis ‘like’.
🔍 牛津詞典 🎯
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- sheriff 138
- wooliness 65
- amplifier 255
- sclerosis 105
- alley cat 214
- demagogue 294
- sub-prime 131
- tableware 141
- bostonian 86
- baseball 783
- geometric 178
- attempted 177
- draftsman 148
- catalogue 479
- Adulation 129
- guide dog 177
- leukaemic 83
- dravidian 124
- subtraction 231
- prognosis 207
- bull bars 177
- fertilize 177
- Not least 46
- talk back 101
- Paranoiac 28
- smoothish 54
- luxurious 254
- now 386
- churn out 187
- promotive 68
- frightful 173
- stringier 67
- sandy 686
- biometric 177
- death row 203
- savannah 170
- Tequila 102
- juiciest 61
- release 752
- undercoat 129
- Morphology 83
- scabies 102
- ream 157
- frosty 482
- commie 195
- siding 305
- Garage 234
- Demand 442
- sukkot 88
- Misfit 99
- moolah 72
- barley 208
- calmly 160
- mist 797
- hinder 415
- budder 88
- shorty 157
- bastard 263
- inflate 306
- knacker 228
- dutiful 266
- ropable 98
- zoology 282
- sniffle 112
- bizarre 484
- british 220
- whirred 80
- snugged 67
- flapped 82
- simpering 111
- Pianola 84
- nullify 153
- ATTRACT 111
- magnify 294
- anatomy 312
- hubbies 68
- stencilled 64
- schemer 92
- infancy 250
- distort 473
- uncertain 722
- slip-up 112
- Village 331
- Vividly 177
- cap off 73
- milkman 130
- giddier 94
- abeyant 87
- yawning 70
- overtly 96
- calculator 635
- tastier 65
- engross 237
- origins 75
- January 140
- Turbine 84
- destroy 769
- useable 60
- Against 352
- curses 97
- fatuous 200
- genital 193
- longbow 122
- pudenda 90
- hardier 64
- minimal 200
- bow-tie 79
- tsarism 131
- Pivotal 300
- carnage 200
- falsify 287
- wipeout 137
- ladette 120
- sinhala 85
- nymphet 92
- saddish 67
- masters 79
- hassles 50
- ensuite 223
- Cadaver 22
- capable 1095
- kangaroo 191
- moorings 91
- autumnal 149
- giveaway 317
- cobaltic 85
- sustains 116
- Salivate 77
- prioress 89
- catch on 252
- Catch on 117
- kinetics 77
- fridge 889
- penchant 128
- wagtail 95
- automatically 619
- Longitude 105
- suffer 935
- merriment 194
- longitude 132
- timbuktu 92
- associate 948
- sequence 734
- W 155
- er 181
- conscience 634
- cb 154
- os 136
- uda 90
- dug 153
- concatenation 241
- cme 84
- awe 398
- lb. 78
- hob 200
- pal 3588
- Get 598
- lier 86
- slob 183
- koi 115
- wait 321
- awry 320
- hansard 104
- Lush 173
- poxy 145
- each 165
- mind 777
- euro 214
- krio 90
- ossa 61
- pgce 147
- hath 139
- okie 138
- copy 433
- rich 561
- fount 164
- colic 194
- enjoy 383
- weeds 168
- poser 126
- hooky 117
- rally 329
- musth 70
- doily 149
- arian 76
- block 647
- genie 167
- Urine 247
- Revel 211
- -ancy 133
- bogie 184
- daunt 231
- sniff 558
- kongo 87
- Shoal 54
- gussy 204
- Solar 269
- earth 411
- chore 623
- Below 172
- scrap 490
- mayst 63
- drop 841
- set on 57
- lease 191
- Haven 316
- Indoor 153
- mentor 326
- newton 121
- levies 78
- afloat 345
- Poster 195
- Facial 346
- vigour 290
- spruce 113
- gagger 101
- Walnut 221
- wildly 215
- Lapped 58
- legume 138
- Health 198
- chivvy 236
- unwary 109
- bobble 383
- mousey 83
- Drives 101
- pseudo 76
- sherry 128
- menage 81
- bustling 357
- Dangerously 239
- puffed 148
- pressure 806
- calamity 468
- Calamity 167
- the front line 88
- definite article 153
- displaced person 169
- the big screen 122
- with open arms 112
- sensuous 105
- clean up after 135
- garbage collector 135
- compound interest 168
- the first family 169
- bread and butter 149
- Front and center 101
- wide of the mark 125
- Expressions used when repeating your own or someone else s words 78
- the fourth dimension 108
- be over the moon (about something) 114
- arbitration 300
- summer 176
- professional 729
- antidepressant 192
- desensitization 99
- correspondingly 168
- south america 137
- farmers’ market 132
- good-for-nothing 118
- athlete's foot 109
- first minister 132
- institutionalize 155
- come to rest 125
- incomprehensible 475
- user interface 126
- declare against 127
- string together 75
- Vegemite™ 106
- high-stakes 94
- American Indian 162
- irrespective of 153
- the high seas 109
- Vaseline™ 221
- get around to 216
- cupolaed 92
- spirituality 126
- steady 693
- Live up to 126
- cafetière 138
- Generalization 174
- fridge-freezer 145
- gall bladder 193
- sentimentalize 104
- hairpin bend 257
- disenchantment 189
- disequilibrium 184
- time-consuming 158
- centre stage 171
- defencelessness 121
- chimney piece 171
- carbolic 122
- exotic dancer 83
- as (of) yet 97
- baby carriage 168
- pessimistically 180
- electromagnetic 166
- the preterite 141
- pessimistic 760
- schnozzle 78
- burra 167
- impunity 191
- tiding 90
- eye-candy 100
- disclose 729
- cottontail 148
- INSTANTANEOUS 108
- insensible 200
- labor-intensive 86
- instantaneous 150
- Authoritative 134
- toxin 205
- chimney pot 199
- acceptances 102
- escudo 92
- psychoanalyse 105
- in a word 132
- receiver 595
- fountain pen 158
- superconductor 105
- spin 759
- potentiality 194
- Claustrophobia 138
- kos 84
- defend 726
- Identity 277
- zeal 1603
- rent 697
- Grimy 333
- Flintlock 209
- meddle 149
- ebonies 112
- Trailer 149
- retinue 130
- dodgier 85
- effort 838
- Sense 720
- Skimpy 1
- spontaneous 784
- watersports 53
- priority 697
- Faithful 282
- upper case 133
- appreciably 125
- achieve 800
- notables 90
- Rank 286
- Leviathan 41
- bludger 140
- leviathan 129
- meg 114
- collocate 122
- Collocate 80
- elide 164
- streamer 124
- Raptor 24
- irrelevant 715
- declare 763
- Indigenous 280
- feller 154
- backstroke 218
- Astonished 108
- DEPLORABLE 177
- indigenous 411
- Gymnastics 171
- federalism 167
- appalachia 86
- compromise 831
- fire-eater 181
- ingratiate 152
- contrabass 137
- worst-case 145
- Regression 58
- Derivative 76
- explore 724
- gadget 364
- brill 179
- useful 673
- sting 871
- smoke 415
- overwatch 76
- intrusion 401
- convention 709
- minefield 108
- REPRESSED 144
- splashy 138
- persist 702
- continued 298
- threesome 111
- tase 76
- sanitize 367
- customary 208
- purplish 118
- sawn 105
- aquarius 172
- Nemesis 317
- gummy 191
- clapped 85
- Closing 323
- blimp 186
- repay 508
- borderline 244
- affirm 305
- odorous 102
- weigh 795
- fragmentation 179
- unnamed 108
- plausible 541
- roadblock 133
- espionage 211
- Sincerely 193
- echoed 40
- legionary 148
- argentina 143
- margarita 119
- diversify 448
- bloody 519
- inanimate 129
- elitist 221
- hypnotise 151
- probiotics 109
- dramedy 101
- patterned 147
- deviation 368
- score 795
- buckram 209
- bogus 258
- runner-up 252
- detonator 156
- lordship 119
- charbroil 169
- majorette 114
- Choppy 209
- philately 193
- Fluctuate 170
- mescaline 117
- devilment 193
- progress 723
- dispute 706
- Subtle 213
- German 567
- way out 248
- strung 135
- crackling 296
- plead 502
- b-movie 149
- Expiate 50
- dustbin 206
- EXPLORE 191
- empanel 150
- listing 132
- Article 506
- muddy 751
- salable 195
- inhaler 127
- suffering 481
- rip to shreds 65
- sheathe 147
- unity 820
- biryani 159
- chimera 253
- autopsy 289
- tactful 297
- wriggle 135
- horrify 233
- doughty 195
- trodden 122
- Bananas 113
- calorific 162
- cue 806
- firing-squad 87
- centimetre 730
- rotisserie 127
- hiatus 314
- herein 117
- smooch 135
- arbour 197
- nether 140
- strive 347
- bright 458
- Skeptical 304
- Impala 92
- opener 128
- slippy 122
- enmesh 158
- testify 422
- apotheoses 91
- jailer 310
- evidence 1020
- thrown 148
- sternum 135
- butterfat 156
- steamship 114
- pain 794
- series 734
- prefer 935
- cronies 79
- mosaic 187
- Tiptoe 57
- homely 183
simile noun
⇨ metaphor
simile
Types of word or phrase: acrostic, adjacency pair, Americanism...
Types of phrase or expression: adage, aphorism, axiom...
👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 牛津詞典 📚
切换为简体中文