| 单词 | likeness |
| 释义 | likeness (once / 464 pages) n A likeness is a portrait, or a head-turning resemblance. George Washington’s likeness appears on the dollar bill. A potato might bear an uncanny likeness to my grandfather. Likeness has nothing to do with liking someone or something––it’s all about what something looks like. It’s been in use since before the 12th century, when likenesses had to be drawn or painted, rather than snapped with a digital camera. If the only picture you had of your mom was one your brother drew, you would value it more if it was a good likeness, meaning it really looked “like” her. WORD FAMILYlikeness: likenesses+/dislike: dislikable, disliked, dislikes, disliking/likable: likably/like: dislike, likable, likeable, liked, likely, likeness, likes, likest, liking, unlike/likeable: likeably/likelihood: likelihoods, unlikelihood/likely: likelihood, likeliness, likelys, unlikely/liking: likings/unlike: unlikable, unlikeable, unlikeness/unlikelihood: unlikelihoods/unlikeliness: unlikelinesses/unlikely: unlikeliness/unlikeness: unlikenesses USAGE EXAMPLESThe reason for his newfound celebrity: His likeness is featured in a mosaic there. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) That would be determining who gets their likeness on the wall. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Not in person, though — but rather in the form of his likeness, interpreted as a cartoon rooster statue in northern China. Time(Dec 29, 2016) 1n similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things man created God in his own likeness Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper alikeness, similitude dissimilitude, unlikeness dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness comparability, compare, comparison, equivalence qualities that are comparable mirror image, reflection, reflexiona likeness in which left and right are reversed naturalnessthe likeness of a representation to the thing represented resemblancesimilarity in appearance or external or superficial details spitting imagea perfect likeness or counterpart mutual resemblancesymmetrical resemblance affinityinherent resemblance between persons or things similarity the quality of being similar 2n picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing Syn|Hypo|Hyper semblance Identikit, Identikit picture a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police; uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought portrait, portrayalany likeness of a person, in any medium half-lengtha portrait showing the body from only the waist up self-portraita portrait of yourself created by yourself icon, ikon, image, picture a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface |
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