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英文同中文一样有着各种各样的修辞手法，这些手法有的极为相近，容易混淆，比如明喻和暗喻，渐进和递减等。为了使大家更好的提高英语文学功底，在翻译和阅读上有进一步的提升，本人近期将会陆续突出有关修辞手法的专题介绍。今天先介绍直喻/明喻（simile)：
以下是smilie的英文解释：
Similie is the comparison of two distinctly unlike things using such words as seems to be, resemble, as, like or as if.
实例：
The old man’s hair is as white as snow.
O my love’s like a red, red rose. (Robert Burns)
A teacher is like a candle.
The politician speaks as eloquently as Socrates.
My love is as a fever, longing still. For that which longer nurseth the disease. (Shakespeare)
此外许多英语的习语也属明喻：（希望大家能把这些短语倒背如流）
talk like a book 说话文绉绉的
drink like a fish 痛饮
smoke like a chimney 烟鬼
as proud as a peacock
as timid as a mouse
as black as pitch
as blind as a bat
as brave as a lion
as busy as a bee
as poor as a church mouse
as straight as an arrow
as sly as a fox 像狐狸一样狡猾
as faithful as a dog
as slow as a tortoise
as high as a kite
as quiet as a lamb 像羔羊一样驯良
as sharp as knife
as light as a feather
as hungry as a wolf
as black as a crow
as motionless as a statue
as white as snow
