likeness英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The state or quality of being like or alike.

— I bear no likeness to my parents whatsoever.
Appearance or form; guise.

— A foe in the likeness of a friend
That which closely resembles; a portrait.

— How he looked, the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine.

动词 v.

To depict. archaic,transitive

— I have this morning received the photographs of my two boys. The eldest is very well likenessed: the other, perhaps, not so well.

词形变化

likenesses plural likenesses present,singular,third-person likenessing participle,present likenessed participle,past likenessed past

词汇关系

近义词

similarity

衍生词

mislikeness

词源

词源 1

From Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcness, ġelīcnes (“the quality of being like or equal; likeness; image; copy; pattern; example; parable”), from Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī (“likeness”), equivalent to like + -ness.
Cognate with West Frisian likenis (“likeness”), Dutch gelijkenis (“similarity; likeness; parable”), German Low German Glieknis (“form; semblance; likeness; parable”), German Gleichnis (“form; semblance; image; likeness; parable; simile”). The verb is derived from the noun. Compare also Old Norse líkneskja (“figure, image, appearance, likeness”).

词源 2

From Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcness, ġelīcnes (“the quality of being like or equal; likeness; image; copy; pattern; example; parable”), from Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī (“likeness”), equivalent to like + -ness.
Cognate with West Frisian likenis (“likeness”), Dutch gelijkenis (“similarity; likeness; parable”), German Low German Glieknis (“form; semblance; likeness; parable”), German Gleichnis (“form; semblance; image; likeness; parable; simile”). The verb is derived from the noun. Compare also Old Norse líkneskja (“figure, image, appearance, likeness”).