liken
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
- 2.
(also, rare, reflexive, transitive)Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.
- 3.
(rare, transitive)To represent or symbolize (something).
- 4.
(intransitive, obsolete)Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like.
Từ liên quan
Cùng gốc / liên quan
Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.
Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From Middle English liknen, from liken (to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form), from lik + -en. Lik is derived from Old English ġelīċ (like, similar), from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (like, similar; equal), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (like, similar; even, level). The English word is analysable as like + -en.