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单词 likeness
释义 like·ness
noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcnes, probably short for gelīcnes, from gelīc like, alike + -nes -ness — more at like III
1. : the quality or state of being like : resemblance, similarity
 < should have known you anywhere from your likeness to your father — Archibald Marshall >
 < the likenesses that hold people together … are greater than the unlikenesses that would make them foes — Max Gilstrap >
2. : appearance, form, guise, semblance, shape
 < low-hanging clouds took on the likeness of a wintry sky — H.A.Chippendale >
 < modeling … its gods after its own likeness — Agnes Repplier >
3. : a usually visual representation (as of a person) : copy, effigy, portrait
 < her likeness has appeared on the cover of a … magazine — Newsweek >
 < a bronze bust … which is an excellent likeness — W.G.MacCallum >
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