| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•nal•o•gy /əˈnælədʒi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -gies. - a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based:an analogy between the heart and a pump.
- any similarity or comparability: I see no analogy between our situations.
- 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 © 2024a•nal•o•gy (ə nal′ə jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies. - a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based:the analogy between the heart and a pump.
- similarity or comparability:I see no analogy between your problem and mine.
- Biologyan analogous relationship.
- 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.
- 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)- agreement or similarity, esp in a certain limited number of features or details
- a comparison made to show such a similarity: to draw an analogy between an atom and the solar system
- the relationship between analogous organs or parts
- a form of reasoning in which a similarity between two or more things is inferred from a known similarity between them in other respects
- 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 analogousanalogical /ˌænəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/, ˌanaˈlogic adj |