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单词 analogic
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•nal•o•gy /əˈnælədʒi/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -gies. 
  1. a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based:an analogy between the heart and a pump.
  2. any similarity or comparability: I see no analogy between our situations.
  3. Idioms by analogy, by way of comparison:By analogy, the heart is a pump and the brain is a computer.
an•a•log•i•cal /ˌænəlˈɑdʒɪkəl/USA pronunciation  adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•nal•o•gy  (ə nalə jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies. 
  1. a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based:the analogy between the heart and a pump.
  2. similarity or comparability:I see no analogy between your problem and mine.
  3. Biologyan analogous relationship.
  4. Linguistics
    • Linguisticsthe process by which words or phrases are created or re-formed according to existing patterns in the language, as when shoon was re-formed as shoes, when -ize is added to nouns like winter to form verbs, or when a child says foots for feet.
    • Linguisticsa form resulting from such a process.
  5. Philosophy[Logic.]a form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of the known similarity between the things in other respects.
  • Greek. See analogous, -y3
  • Latin analogia
  • 1530–40
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged comparison, likeness, resemblance, similitude, affinity.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged correspondence.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
analogy /əˈnælədʒɪ/ n ( pl -gies)
  1. agreement or similarity, esp in a certain limited number of features or details
  2. a comparison made to show such a similarity: to draw an analogy between an atom and the solar system
  3. the relationship between analogous organs or parts
  4. a form of reasoning in which a similarity between two or more things is inferred from a known similarity between them in other respects
  5. imitation of existing models or regular patterns in the formation of words, inflections, etc: a child may use ``sheeps'' as the plural of ``sheep'' by analogy with ``dog'', ``dogs'', ``cat'', ``cats'', etc
Etymology: 16th Century: from Greek analogia ratio, correspondence, from analogos analogous

analogical /ˌænəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/, ˌanaˈlogic adj
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