单词 | analogy |
释义 | Word Frequency analogy(əˈnælədʒɪ) nounWord forms: plural -gies 1. agreement or similarity, esp in a certain limited number of features or details 2. a comparison made to show such a similarity to draw an analogy between an atom and the solar system 3. biology the relationship between analogous organs or parts 4. logic, mathematics a form of reasoning in which a similarity between two or more things is inferred from a known similarity between them in other respects 5. linguistics imitation of existing models or regular patterns in the formation of words, inflections, etc a child may use "sheeps" as the plural of "sheep" by analogy with "dog", "dogs","cat", "cats", etc Derived forms analogical (ˌænəˈlɒdʒɪkəl) or analogic (ˌanaˈlogic) adjective analogically (ˌanaˈlogically) adverb analogist (aˈnalogist) noun Word origin C16: from Greek analogia ratio, correspondence, from analogos analogous |
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