[count]:a comparison of two things based on their being alike in some way类比；比拟
He drew/made an analogy between flying a kite and fishing. [=he compared flying a kite to fishing; he said that flying a kite was like fishing]他将放风筝和钓鱼进行了类比。
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[noncount]:the act of comparing two things that are alike in some way用类比方法；进行比照
coining new words by analogy to/with existing ones [=coining new words so that they are formed in a way similar to old ones]比照现有词汇创造新词