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单词 simile
释义 simile
 /sim"euh lee/,  n.  
  1. a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in "she is like a rose." Cf. metaphor.
  2. an instance of such a figure of speech or a use of words exemplifying it.
 [1350-1400; ME < L: image, likeness, comparison, n. use of neut. of similis SIMILAR]
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