| 释义 |
like1 /līk/ adjective- Identical, equal, or nearly equal in any respect
- Similar, resembling
- Suiting, befitting
- Characteristic of
- Used in requesting a description, as in what is it like?
- Used in combination to form adjectives from nouns, with the force ‘resembling’, ‘suitable to’, ‘typical of’, eg catlike, lady-like
- Used in combination to form adjectives and adverbs from adjectives, with the force ‘somewhat’, ‘kind of’, eg stupid-like (informal)
- Inclined, likely or probable (dialect)
noun- One of the same kind
- The same thing
- An exact resemblance
adverb- In the same manner
- Probably (dialect)
- As it were (dialect)
- As if about (dialect)
- Nearly (informal)
- To some extent (dialect)
- Sometimes used meaninglessly (dialect)
conjunction (Shakespeare; another reading as; now non-standard)- As
- As if
preposition- In the same manner as
- To the same extent as
- Such as
transitive verb (Shakespeare)To compare or liken intransitive verb (obsolete)To be or seem likely (to), come near (to) ORIGIN: OE līc, seen in gelīc; ON līkr, Du gelijk, Ger gleich (= geleich) likeˈlihood noun - Probability
- Promise of success or of future excellence
- Similitude (obsolete)
- Semblance (obsolete)
- Resemblance (obsolete)
likeˈliness noun - Likelihood
- Likeness (Spenser)
likeˈly adjective - Like the thing required
- Promising
- Probable
- Credible
- Similar (Spenser)
- Pleasing (dialect)
- Comely (dialect)
adverb (informal)Probably likˈen transitive verb - To represent as like or similar
- To compare
likeˈness noun - A resemblance
- Semblance
- Guise
- A person who or thing which has a resemblance
- A portrait
likeˈwise adverb - In the same or similar manner
- Moreover
- Too, also
likeˈ-mindˈed adjective Having similar opinions, values, etc likeˈ-mindˈedness noun as likely as not Probably compare like with like To compare only such things as are genuinely comparable feel like - To be disposed or inclined towards
- Used in requesting a description, as in what does it feel like?
had like (archaic) Was likely, came near to look like - To show a probability of
- To appear similar to
- Used in requesting a description, as in what does it look like?
not likely (informal) Absolutely not something like (a) - A fine specimen, a model of what the thing should be
- Around, approximately
such like Of that kind, similar the like (informal) Similar things the likes of People such as |