liken

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vt. 比喻, 比拟

发音

UK /ˈlaɪk(ə)n/
其它
US /ˈlaɪkən/

词形变化

likened likenedst likeneth likening likens 三单 likens likening 现在分词 likened 过去式 likened 过去分词 likenest likenedst 过去式 likeneth 三单 likened 复数

教材释义与例句

动词

比拟；把…比作

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.

    比喻

    及物

    The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.

  2. 2.

    Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.

    罕用 及物
  3. 3.

    To represent or symbolize (something).

    罕用 及物
  4. 4.

    Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like.

    不及物 废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

compare equate

上位词 2

study consider

词源

From Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)”) [and other forms], from liken (“to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form”), from lik (“alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)”) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs). Lik is derived from Old English ġelīċ (“like, similar”), from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar; equal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”). The English word is analysable as like (adjective) + -en (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make [adjective]’).

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