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to resemble

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MEANING8 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to resemble

    与某人或某事物相同或相似yǔ mǒurén huò mǒu shìwù xiāngtóng huò xiāngshì

    • She looks very much like her mother.

    • These twin brothers look so alike that I always mix them up.

    + 3 more examples for this meaning
    • ...

      If only I could be like that...

    • He dressed up like a woman.

    • He dressed up as a woman.

  2. verb

    to be like

    和...一样;相似hé...yīyàng;xiāngsì

    • These two brothers look so much alike that I can never tell them apart.

  3. verb

    to look as if

    看起来好像;有...的样子kàn qǐlai hǎoxiàng;yǒu...de yàngzi

    • He looks like his father.

    • The sky outside looks like it's about to rain.

  4. preposition

    such as

    表示举例,意思是比如、例如biǎoshì jǔlì, yìsi shì bǐrú、lìrú

    • He looks like his father.

    • Fruits like apples and bananas are very good for your health.

  5. noun

    portrait

    人或事物的形象;雕塑或绘画作品rén huò shìwù de xíngxiàng; diāosù huò huìhuà zuòpǐn

    • This is a portrait.

    • On the wall hangs a portrait of my grandfather.

  6. noun

    image

    人或物体的形象、外貌或图片rén huò wùtǐ de xíngxiàng、wàimào huò túpiàn

    • This is a statue.

    • The museum displays a statue of an ancient emperor.

  7. noun

    appearance

    某人或某物的外表、长相、样子mǒurén huò mǒushù de wàibiǎo、zhǎngxiàng、yàngzi

    • Her portrait is very beautiful.

    • The portrait captured both his expression and temperament perfectly.

  8. noun

    image under a mapping (math.)

    在数学中,一个元素通过某个映射所对应得到的结果zài shùxué zhōng、yī ge yuánsù tōngguò mǒu ge yìngshè suǒ duìyìng huòdào de jiéguǒ

    • This image is very blurry.

    • f

      The image of function f contains all positive real numbers.

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A person's form resembles the large, distinct silhouette of an elephant.

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