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单词 similitude
释义 si·mil·i·tude
\sə̇ˈmiləˌtüd, -ə.ˌtyüd\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, likeness, resemblance, from Latin similitudin-, similitudo, from similis similar + -tudin-, -tudo -tude
1.
 a. : counterpart, double
  < met my own similitude — Agnes Repplier >
 b. : a visible likeness : image, semblance
  < a spirit or devil in the similitude and proportion of a man — Margaret A. Murray >
2. : an imaginative comparison : allegory, simile
 < London is often likened to Babylon; but the similitude is … unjust — Arthur Helps >
3.
 a. : resemblance, uniformity
  < similitude of specimens and test conditions was maintained — Technical News Bulletin >
 b. : a point of comparison
  < all medieval variances of thought show common similitudes — H.O.Taylor >
4. : maximal similarity of adjacent phonemes because of use of maximally similar allophones
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