likened

英 [ˈlaɪkənd]

美 [ˈlaɪkənd]

v.  把…比作; 把…比拟为
liken的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 把…比作；把…比拟为
  If youlikenone thing or persontoanother thing or person, you say that they are similar.
  1. She likens marriage to slavery...
     她把婚姻比作奴役。
  2. The pain is often likened to being drilled through the side of the head.
     这种疼痛常被比作钻头钻入头部的感觉。

双语例句

• This can be likened to a loose pouch that is used to line the vagina.
  这可以比喻为一个松散的邮袋是用来行阴道。
• Artistic originality here is likened to the murderer of convention.
  而在这里独创艺术就像是谋杀了旧习的杀手。
• The singer has been likened to Susan Boyle who was also unknown before appearing on Britain's Got Talent.
  这位歌手已经被誉为苏珊大妈的接班人。苏珊大妈也是在英国的选秀舞台上从一个不知名人物摇身一变，成了名人。
• An object likened to a slender, pointed missile either in shape, use, or effect.
  外形似镖的事物物体在形状、使用或效果上像一细长带尖的投掷物的物体。
• Having a bosom as specified or having something likened to a bosom; usually used in compounds.
  具有特定类型的胸部或者比做胸部的事物；常用于复合词中。
• The axial and lateral spread of fluid has been likened to and accounted for by a diffusion-type model.
  流体在轴向和径向的散布，已与一个扩散模型联系起来并用后者加以说明。
• I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
  2那秀美娇嫩的锡安女子（女子就是指民的意思），我必剪除。
• In2007, Wilders called for the Qur'an to be banned and likened it to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.
  2007年怀尔德要求封禁可兰经，并把它与希特勒的《我的奋斗》混为一谈。
• Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia. Someone likened his voice to the croaking of a bull-frog.
  属于或关于拟声的，或具有拟声特点的。有人把他的声音比作牛蛙的叫声。
• His works have often been likened to those of Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman and Wolfgang Tillmans.
  他的作品往往被比喻成南戈尔丁，辛迪舍曼和沃尔夫冈体曼希。