A simile is an expression which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something else. For example, the sentences 'She runs like a deer' and 'He's as white as a sheet' contain similes.
英漢詞典釋義
n.
(使用like或as等詞語(yǔ)的)明喻
Similes usually start with “l(fā)ike” or “as”.明喻通常以like或as開頭。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as')