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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

likeness

英  [ˈlaɪknəs]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • likenesses

    1. [SING 单数型名词] 相似之处

    If two things or people have a likeness to each other, they are similar to each other.

    近义词

    similarity

    双语例句

    例：

    These myths have a startling likeness to one another.

    这些神话彼此间有惊人的相似之处。

    2. [C 可数名词] 肖像

    A likeness of someone is a picture or sculpture of them.

    双语例句

    例：

    The museum displays wax likenesses of every US president.

    这家博物馆里陈列着每一位美国总统的蜡像。

    3. [C 可数名词] 相像

    If you say that a picture of someone is a good likeness, you mean that it looks just like them.

    双语例句

    例：

    She says the artist's impression is an excellent likeness of her abductor.

    她说这张模拟画像与绑架她的人极度相像。

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