/laɪk ||; laɪk/prep conj 1 similar to sb/sth 相似；像: You look very/just/exactly likeyour father. 你长得跟你爸爸很像╱真像╱一模一样。Those two singers sound like cats! 那两名歌手唱起歌来像猫叫！Your house is nothing like how I imagined it. 你的房子跟我想象中的完全不一样。
If you want somebody to give a description of something you ask: ‘What's he/she/it like?’ Tell me about your town. What's it like? ‘What's your brother like?’ ‘He's tall and fair, and quite serious.’ What was it like being interviewed on TV? 想要别人描述“某人╱某物是什么样子的﹖”﹐英语说What's he/she/it like?﹕Tell me about your town. What's it like? 给我说说你那个小镇。它是什么样子的﹖'What's your brother like?' “你的哥哥是什么模样的﹖”'He's tall and fair, and quite serious.'“他个儿很高﹐皮肤白皙﹐很严肃。”What was it like being interviewed on TV? 在电视台接受采访是什么样子的﹖2 (in compounds 用于构成复合词) in the manner of; similar to 像…的；与…类似: childlike innocence/simplicity 像孩子一样天真╱纯朴a very lifelike statue 栩栩如生的雕像
3 in the same way as sb/sth 像…一样: Stop behaving like children. 别再像孩子一样。That's not right. Do it like this. 不对，该这么做才对。She can't draw like her sister can. 论画画，她比不上她妹妹。
4 for example; such as 比如: They enjoy most team games, like football and rugby. 大部份的集体运动他们都喜欢，比如足球、橄榄球。
5 typical of a particular person 符合某人特点: It was just like Maria to be late. 玛丽亚就是这样的人，总是迟到。
6 (informal 非正式) as if 好像；彷佛: She behaves like she owns the place. 她表现得好像她就是那个地方的主人。
7 (slang 俚语) (used before saying what sb said, how sb felt, etc) （用于表示某人的说话、感想等）: When I saw the colour of my hair I was like ‘Wow, I can't believe it!’ 我一看到自己头发的颜色，说了声：“哇，我简直不敢相信！”
like anything(
spoken 口语) very much, fast, hard, etc 非常；非常快；非常努力:
We had to pedal like anything to get up the hill. 我们得拚命踩动踏板才上了山。 nothing like→
NOTHING about; approximately 大约；约莫:
The cathedral took something like 200 years to build. 这座大教堂花了大约200年时间才盖起来。 that's more like it (used to say that sth is better than before) （用于表示情况比原先有改善）:
The sun's coming out now -- that's more like it! 现在太阳出来了─这样好多了！