sim·i·le /ˈsɪmə(ˌ)li/
直喻,明喻
Sim·i·le n.; pl. Similes Rhet. A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison.
A good swift simile, but something currish. --Shak.
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simile
n : a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between
things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or
`as')