liken

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈlaɪk(ə)n/    美 /ˈlaɪkən/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare. transitive
    — The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
  2. Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing. also,rare,reflexive,transitive
    — Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man, / That likeneth him to his Maker, who spake, and it was done.
  3. To represent or symbolize (something). rare,transitive
  4. Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like. intransitive,obsolete

词形变化

likens present,singular,third-person likening participle,present likened participle,past likened past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template liken infinitive liken first-person,present,singular likened first-person,past,singular liken present,second-person,singular likenest archaic,present,second-person,singular likened past,second-person,singular likenedst archaic,past,second-person,singular likens present,singular,third-person likeneth archaic,present,singular,third-person likened past,singular,third-person liken plural,present likened past,plural liken present,subjunctive likened past,subjunctive liken imperative,present - imperative,past likening participle,present likened participle,past

词汇关系

衍生词
disliken likenable likener likening unliken unlikenable unlikening

词源

From Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)”) [and other forms], from liken (“to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form”), from lik (“alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)”) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs). Lik is derived from Old English ġelīċ (“like, similar”), from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar; equal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”). The English word is analysable as like (adjective) + -en (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make [adjective]’).
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