单词simile
n.: 明喻；明喻的运用
网络: 直喻；比喻；明喻法
明喻；明喻的运用:
a word or phrase that compares sth to sth else, using the wordslike oras , for examplea face like a mask oras white as snow ; the use of such words and phrases
〔意大利语〕【音乐】同样,同上
【修辞学】直喻,明喻
复数：similes
Love is, having not get in touch with him for days, call him in a hurry and simile with tears in eyes.
爱，是几天没有联络后，着急得的打电话给他，然后忍住眼泪笑一笑。
Thorpe never finished the simile, for it could hardly have been a proper one.
莫兰没有说完他的比喻，因为这实在不是个很文雅的比喻。
"As if" operates like a simile, which is an explicit type of metaphor.
“似”的工作原理就像明喻（一种直接清楚的比喻）一样。
Modern metaphor study grants it a cognitive sense and divides it into various types such as simile and implicit metaphor, etc.
现代隐喻理论明确把隐喻提升到认知高度，将其分为显性隐喻（即明喻）与隐性隐喻。
Species difference between the things compared is not essential to the formation of a simile.
“异质性”不是比喻的构成条件。
On the contrary, if the attribute character of vehicle is typical, a simile could be formed even the tenor is of the same species.
而当作比一方在作为比较点的非度量类属性上具有典型特征时，即使两事物同类也可以构成比喻。
Loving someone, will simile when thinking about him.
爱一个人，会总是想起他，然后微微一笑。
When used to pin down abstract concepts or unusual design details, design by metaphor or simile bridges a major gap of understanding.
在涉及到抽象概念或难以理解的设计细节时，利用明喻或暗喻可以避免设计者与客户之间产生大的理解分歧。
If you will pardon so commonplace a simile, we have set off the fire alarm and have nothing to do but to wait.
原谅我使用这么俗套的比喻吧，我们点燃了烽火，接下来所能做的就只有等待了。
So the typical character of non-quantifiable attribute is the essential prerequisite of a simile.
因此，非度量类属性特征的典型性才是比喻形成的前提条件。