-like

短语

类似…的;有…特征的

词形变化

more -like 比较级 most -like 最高级

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).

    Even at 13 years old, she still had a childlike voice.

    I saw the snake-like coils of the garden hose peeking out from under the deck.

    1996, Kevin Siembieda, Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game page 128 under "Dark" Damage: Those with normal, human-like vision are blind

  2. 2.

    Used to form adverbs from adjectives or nouns; alternative of -ly.

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词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like From Middle English -like, -lik, from Middle English like, lik (“same, similar, alike”), from Old English ġelīc and Old Norse líkr (“same, similar, alike”). Reinforced by like (preposition). Doublet of -ly. Compare also Dutch -lijk (“-ly, -like”).

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