resemblance

1 عمومی:: تشابه‌، همانندی‌، شباهت‌، همشكلی‌، مقایسه‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general::   noun ADJ. close, great, marked, remarkable, striking, strong | uncanny | obvious | faint, passing, remote, slight, superficial | physical | family VERB + RESEMBLANCE bear, have, show The plot of the movie bears more than a passing resemblance to Jane Austen's ‘Emma’. | see I can see the family resemblance. RESEMBLANCE + VERB end They are both called Nigel, but there the resemblance ends (= they are not similar to each other in any other way). PREP. ~ between There is a close resemblance between her and her daughter. | ~ to Crocodiles still have a strong resemblance to their long-lost ancestors. PHRASES a point of resemblance The story has points of resemblance to a Hebrew myth.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: noun likeness: There is a resemblance between them.

Simple Definitions

3 general:: resemblance ADJECTIVES/NOUNS + resemblance a close resemblance • The vase bore a close resemblance to one owned by my mother. a strong resemblance • This slender, feathery herb has a strong resemblance to fennel. a striking resemblance (= very strong and noticeable ) • There's a striking resemblance between the two boys. a remarkable resemblance (= unusual or surprising ) • Everyone notices the remarkable resemblance between Mathilda and Anne. an uncanny resemblance (= noticeable and difficult to explain ) • I'd always thought that Jo and Freddie had an uncanny resemblance. a slight/faint resemblance (= not strong ) • Don't you think she has a slight resemblance to that blonde singer in Abba? a passing resemblance (= slight ) • There was no more than a passing resemblance between the sisters. a superficial resemblance (= when something seems to look like something else, but is in fact quite different ) • Its spines give it a superficial resemblance to a hedgehog. somebody's physical resemblance to somebody • People often commented on his physical resemblance to his father. a family resemblance (= between members of the same family ) • I couldn't detect any family resemblance. verbs bear/have a resemblance to somebody/something • People said he bore a striking resemblance to the President. bear little/no resemblance to somebody/something • He bore little resemblance to the photograph in the newspaper. phrase there the resemblance ends (= they are not similar in any other way ) • They are both strong-minded women, but there the resemblance ends.

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