similitude

• 名词，指人或事物在外貌、性格或本质上相似的性质；也指某物的副本或翻版。

A noun referring to the quality of being similar in appearance, character, or nature between persons or things, or a duplicate copy of something.

1. Similarity or resemblanceC1formal

   The quality of being similar in appearance, character, or nature between persons or things.

   相似或类似

   • There is a striking similitude between the two paintings.
   • The similitude of their voices made it hard to tell them apart.
   • Philosophers often discuss the similitude of human experiences across cultures.

   同义词affinityanalogycomparabilitycorrespondencelikenessparallelresemblancesimilarity

   反义词differencedisparitydissimilaritydistinctiondiversityunlikeness

2. Duplicate copyC2formal

   An exact copy or replica of something.

   复制品

   • The artist created a perfect similitude of the original sculpture.
   • The document was a similitude of the contract, but not the original.
   • He kept a similitude of the key in case he lost the first one.

   同义词copycounterpartduplicatefacsimilelikenessreplica

   反义词originalprototype