一：Simile（明喻）
figure of speech in which one thing is liken to another, in such a way as to clarify and enhance an image. It is an explicit comparison recognizable by the use of the word like or as.
( A Dictionary of Literary Terms)
O, my love’s like a red, red rose,啊，我的爱人像一朵红红的玫瑰；
That’s newly sprung in June:六月里迎风初开
O, my love’s like the melody啊，我的爱人像一曲甜蜜的歌；
That’s sweetly played in tune.唱得合拍又柔和。
－Robert Burns
Kindness is the golden chain by which the world is bound.仁爱是联结世界的一条金链。
1. Origin: Latin, meaning like
2. Comparative words: like, as
3. Functions: describing shape, scenery; expressing emotions; explaining; vivid description, making easy to understand;creating interest. Structure of a Simile
1.Tenor + comparative word + vehicle.
2. Subject + comparative word + reference.
Example: 1.My love is like a red red rose. 2.Tom is as tall as his brother (not a simile).
3.Tom is as tall as a Maypole.(simile).
Type One: like
1.Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
2.Marriage is like a beleaguered fortress: those who are without want to get in, and those within want to get out
Type Two: as
1.Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark.
2.Love goes towards love, as schoolboys from their books.
3.But love from love, towards school with heavy books.(Love goes towards love, as schoolboys go from their books.But love goes from love, as schoolboys go towards school with heavy books.)
As firm as a rock.As mute as a fish.As strong as a horse.As brave as a lion
As obstinate as a cow.As white as snow.As black as ink / pitch
As changeable as the weather.As wet as a drowned rat.As blind as a bat
As fat as a pig.As proud as a peacock.
Type Three: what
Two Patterns:
A is to
B what
C is to D.What C is to D, A is to B.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is tothe body.The pen is to a writer what the gun is to
a fighter.作家的笔犹如战士的枪。
Type Four: than
1.A home without love is no more than a body without a soul.
2.He had no more idea of money than a cow
Type Five: and
1.Love and cough can not be hid.爱情像咳嗽一样是掩盖不了的。
2.Truth and roses have thorns about them.
3.Kings and bears often worry their keepers.
4.A word and stone let go cannot be recalled.说出去的话就像抛出去的石子，是收不回的。
Type Six: others
Who is to blame but her tyrant of a father.怪谁呢？只怪她那暴君般的父亲。
A doctor must have the heart of a lion andthe hand of a lady.当一个医生必须有狮子般的胆量
