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- Dictionarylike/lʌɪk/
preposition
- 1. having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to: "he used to have a car like mine" Similar Opposite
- 2. used to draw attention to the nature of an action or event: "I apologize for coming over unannounced like this"
conjunction
- 1. in the same way that; as: "people who change countries like they change clothes"
- 2. as though; as if: "I felt like I'd been kicked by a camel"
noun
- 1. used with reference to a person or thing of the same kind as another: "the quotations could be arranged to put like with like"
adjective
- 1. (of a person or thing) having similar qualities or characteristics to another person or thing: "I responded in like manner"
adverb
- 1. used in speech as a meaningless filler or to signify the speaker's uncertainty about an expression just used: informal "there was this funny smell—sort of dusty like"
- 2. used to convey a person's reported attitude or feelings in the form of direct speech (whether or not representing an actual quotation): informal "so she comes into the room and she's like ‘Where is everybody?’"
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to enjoy or approve of something or someone: I like your new haircut. Do you like fish? I like it when a book is so good that you can't put it down. I quite like wine but I could live without it. He's very well-liked (= popular) at work.
We use would like or ’d like to offer something to someone in a polite way or to ask them to do something politely (requests), or politely to say what we want. We use the to-infinitive form of verbs that follow: …
: to feel attraction toward or take pleasure in : enjoy. likes baseball. b. : to feel toward : regard. how would you like a change. 2. : to wish to have : want. would like a drink. 3. : to do well in. this plant likes dry soil. my car does not like cold weather. 4.
adjective. , (Poetic) lik·er, lik·est. of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance. corresponding or agreeing in general or in some noticeable respect; similar; analogous: drawing, painting, and like arts. bearing resemblance. Dialect. likely or probable:
prep. 1. 相似；类似；像 similar to sb/sth. 2. （询问意见）…怎么样 used to ask sb's opinion of sb/sth. 3. （指某人常做的事）符合…的特点，像…才会 used to show what is usual or typical for sb. 4. 像…一样 in the same way as sb/sth. 5. 例如；譬如；比方 for example. IDM. more like… （提供比以前更准确的数量）差不多，更接近 used to give a number or an amount that is more accurate than one previously mentioned.
like [sb] ⇒ vtr (find personable) (友谊) SC Simplified Chinese 喜欢 xǐ huān TC Traditional Chinese 喜歡 : I like him. He seems like a good guy. 我喜欢他。他似乎人不错。 like [sb] vtr (be romantically attracted to) (爱情) SC Simplified Chinese 喜欢, 喜爱, 倾心于 : He really likes her a lot. 他真是很喜欢她 ...
1. 介词. If you say that one person or thing is like another, you mean that they share some of the same qualities or features. He looks like Father Christmas. Kathy is a great mate, we are like sisters. It's a bit like going to the dentist; it's never as bad as you fear. It's nothing like what happened in the mid-Seventies.
[laɪk ] 介词. 1. (similar to) 像 [xiàng] 2. (in similes) 像⋯一样 [xiàng…yīyàng] I was trembling like a leaf. 我抖得像片叶子一样。 [Wǒ dǒu de xiàng piàn yèzi yīyàng.] 3. (such as) 如 [rú] big countries like Australia and India 如澳大利亚和印度这样的大国 [rú Àodàlìyà hé Yìndù zhèyàng de dàguó] a house like ours 像我们这样的房子 [xiàng wǒmen zhèyàng de fángzi]
like 普通用词，含义广泛，指多个或全部特性都相似，但并非同一个，也可指在某个特殊的偶然相似。 similar 强调不同的人或事 之间完全或部分相似，暗示可暂不考虑或无视其差异之处。
If you say that someone is behaving like something or someone else, you mean that they are behaving in a way that is typical of that kind of thing or person. Like is used in this way in many fixed expressions, for example to cry like a baby and to watch someone like a hawk.
