英语词汇“like draws to like”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Each of two things considered in respect of their likeness to each other, esp. when that likeness explains or has a specific effect on the relationship between the things. Chiefly in proverbial expressions, as like (will) to like, like draws to like, like begets like, like cures like etc.

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c1390 Vision St. Paul (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 253 (MED) Byndeþ hem in knucchenus forþi To brenne, lyk to licchi, Spous-brekers wiþ lechours, Rauisschers wiþ rauisschours.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 527 Evermore o good knyght woll favoure another, and lyke woll draw to lyke.

c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 134 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 226 Lyk to lyk drawis ay.

a1500 Thewis Gud Women (Cambr. Kk.1.5) 118 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 118 For like lufis lyke, and lyke drawis to like, and lyke joyis with the lyke.

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni (1535) 68 b Lyke ioyned to lyke maketh one the more furious.

1581 J. Derricke Image Irelande ii. sig. Fj^v (margin) Like vnto like saide the Deuill to the Collier.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 48 The Foxe and th' Ape..determined to seeke Their fortunes farre abroad, lyeke with his lyeke.

1652 A. Ross Arcana Microcosmi (new ed.) 237 Because the air about it is heated by the flame of the wine, therefore, as in all things like draws to like, so one flame dilates it self to enjoy the other.

1739 T. Cooke Petworth 6 As Like to Like inclines, his Judgement led Fair Charity in Person to his Bed.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 49 Like breeds like, they say.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. iii. ii. 61 Only like can know like.

1912 J. A. McGee in P. A. Dix Salesmanship 17 Like always begets like. If you want to get your customers' confidence, first show confidence in yourself.

1955 G. P. Chapman Dreyfus Case ii. 40 Like calls to like, and men elect to their clubs men of their own kind.

2010 Your Cat Feb. 64/3 Homoeopathy..works on the principle of ‘like cures like’.

单词	like draws to like
释义	> as lemmas like draws to like a. Each of two things considered in respect of their likeness to each other, esp. when that likeness explains or has a specific effect on the relationship between the things. Chiefly in proverbial expressions, as like (will) to like, like draws to like, like begets like, like cures like etc. ΚΠ c1390 Vision St. Paul (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 253 (MED) Byndeþ hem in knucchenus forþi To brenne, lyk to licchi, Spous-brekers wiþ lechours, Rauisschers wiþ rauisschours. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 527 Evermore o good knyght woll favoure another, and lyke woll draw to lyke. c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 134 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 226 Lyk to lyk drawis ay. a1500 Thewis Gud Women (Cambr. Kk.1.5) 118 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 118 For like lufis lyke, and lyke drawis to like, and lyke joyis with the lyke. 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni (1535) 68 b Lyke ioyned to lyke maketh one the more furious. 1581 J. Derricke Image Irelande ii. sig. Fj^v (margin) Like vnto like saide the Deuill to the Collier. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 48 The Foxe and th' Ape..determined to seeke Their fortunes farre abroad, lyeke with his lyeke. 1652 A. Ross Arcana Microcosmi (new ed.) 237 Because the air about it is heated by the flame of the wine, therefore, as in all things like draws to like, so one flame dilates it self to enjoy the other. 1739 T. Cooke Petworth 6 As Like to Like inclines, his Judgement led Fair Charity in Person to his Bed. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Walking to Mail in Poems (new ed.) II. 49 Like breeds like, they say. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. iii. ii. 61 Only like can know like. 1912 J. A. McGee in P. A. Dix Salesmanship 17 Like always begets like. If you want to get your customers' confidence, first show confidence in yourself. 1955 G. P. Chapman Dreyfus Case ii. 40 Like calls to like, and men elect to their clubs men of their own kind. 2010 Your Cat Feb. 64/3 Homoeopathy..works on the principle of ‘like cures like’. extracted from liken.¹ < as lemmas
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