similes
n. 明喻;直喻(simile 的复数)
例句
By using stale metaphors, similes, and idioms, you save much mental effort, at the cost of leaving your meaning vague.
使用陈腐的暗喻、明喻和习语,你省了不少思考的力气,代价是你的意义的模糊。
Hartman associates this image of Milton's standing ab extra with the figures in so many of those similes who seem also to be standing ab extra.
哈特曼把弥尔顿从外俯视的形象,和众多的明喻中似乎也置身局外的形象相联系。
Milton's similes always seem overstuffed.
弥尔顿的比喻总是显得填塞得过度。