【simile】的音标、怎么读

simile怎么读

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simile是什么意思

音标: 英 ['sɪməlɪ] 美 [ˈsɪməlɪ]

n. a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')

n. 明喻, 明喻说法

1. Which makes our emotional epiphany a simile about flightless birds.

这也让我们在情感上顿悟了有关不会飞的鸟儿的明喻含义

2. My kidneys may be failing me, but my eyesight, and my similes, 20/20.

我的肾可能不行了但我的视力和微笑可是满分的