A simile is an expression which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something else. For example, the sentences "She runs like a deer". 明喻
noun [专属名词] 明喻（的运用）
The simile is there ostensibly to compare Satan with the great sea beast, leviathan. 这个明喻很明显是将撒旦和凶猛的海中野兽利维坦进行了对比。
simil (相类似的) + e → 把相类似的事物做比较 → 明喻
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- The simile isn't telling us that Satan's spear is as small as a wand because what we have is a syllogism here. 这个比喻没有告诉我们撒旦的长矛像魔杖一样小，因为我们在这儿有一个演绎推理。