过去，有一个脑筋急转弯：英语里哪个单词最长？答案是smiles，这是因为两个s之间相距1英里。今天我们重新问：英语里哪个单词最长？我给出的答案是similes，这是因为两个s之间不仅相距1英里，还多出了一个i。
simile我们可以翻译成明喻，是英语里广泛运用的修辞手段，它往往体现在以下句型中：
（1）A is like B
Wit without leaning is like a tree without fruit. 有资历而无学识，好比树木不结果实。
（2）A is as ...as B
Though it was his first great venture, he was now as cool as a cucumber. 虽然这是他第一次的大冒险事业，但是他却非常冷静。
（3）虚拟句型
He was a beautiful horse that looked as thouth he had come out of a painting by Velasquez.
那匹马很漂亮，像是维拉斯凯兹油画上的马变活了。
（4）what句型
The pen is to a writer what the gun is to a fighter. 作家的笔犹如战士的枪。
（5）than句型
A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.
愚人之不知其愚，犹如其不能自视其耳。
（6）and句型
Thuth and roses have thorns about them 真理如玫瑰，全身都是刺。
（8）动词句型
He treats his daughter as the apple in the eye. 他把女儿当做掌上明珠。
