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；明喻的运用 The General liked to apply military similes to a very wide variety of matters. 这位将军喜欢把军事上的比喻广泛应用于各种事情。 the writer’s use of simile 作家对明喻的运用
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, neuter of similis ‘like’.
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simile noun
⇨ metaphor
simile
Types of word or phrase: acrostic, adjacency pair, Americanism...
Types of phrase or expression: adage, aphorism, axiom...
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