日常语法：BTS教你明喻和介词（明喻的英文定义）

日常语法：关于明喻和介词

18 November 2021

BTS是南韩流行少年团，近来在欧洲MTV获多项奖。

今天的语法我们将探究BTS歌曲[butter]中的一些单词，你将学到连系动词，明喻，介词及其他。连系动词是连接主语与形容词或与主语有关的名词。连系动词包括be.还有感官动词look smell feel 等等。

如"BTS is awesome!"系动词连接主语BTS和形容词awesome.awesome是超级好的意思。细看歌词中很多这样的句子。

The music group BTS, originally from South Korea, has developed a large international following. It recently won many awards at the MTV European Music Awards, including Best Pop, Best K-Pop and Best Group, among others.

Smooth like butter

Like a criminal undercover

In today's Everyday Grammar, we will explore some of the words from Butter, a popular BTS song. You will learn about linking verbs, similes, prepositions and more.

Let's start with a few important terms and ideas.

Linking verbs, prepositions, similes

Linking verbs are verbs that connect a subject to an adjective or noun that says something about the subject. Linking verbs include the verb be, as well as verbs related to senses such as look, feel, smell and so on.

Consider this example:

BTS is awesome!

This statement links the subject, BTS, with an adjective, awesome. In this case, awesome means extremely good.

介词是一个词或词组，告诉你关于名词，名词短语，或代词的意思。

常用介词有on over和under.

今天主讲一个你应该知道的重要介词:like

like可以是介词也可以是动词，不同词性时意义不同。作介词的意思是类似的意思。

如he is smooth like butter.介词like在名词之前。不管smooth是什么意思，整个句子是一个明喻句。

A preposition is a word or group of words that tells you information about a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun.

Common prepositions include words such as on, over and under.

But for today's report, there is an important preposition you should know about: like.

Like, the preposition, and like, the verb, have different meanings. Like, the preposition, means similar to someone or something.

Consider the following statement.

He is smooth like butter.

The pronoun, he, is the subject. The main verb, a linking verb, is be. The adjective smooth follows the verb be.

Then there is the group of words like butter. In this case, the preposition like comes before the noun, butter.

Smooth has a few different meanings. It can mean having a smooth, flat surface. It can also mean relaxed and confident in a pleasant way.

Regardless, the entire statement He is smooth like butter is a kind of statement known as a simile.

A simile uses the word like or as to describe someone or something by making a comparison to someone or something else.

In everyday speech, many – but certainly not all – of these similes involve linking verbs, as in:

This song is smooth like butter!

This candle smells like butter!

Butter

Now let's listen to a few lines from the BTS song Butter.

Smooth like butter

Like a criminal undercover

Gon' pop like trouble

Breakin' into your heart like that (Ooh)

Note that similes are the organizing idea for the song. The first line says smooth like butter.

The subject and main verb are not stated. If they were stated, one can guess the words would have been something like this:

I am smooth like butter.

This involves the subject, I, and the linking verb, be.

Then another simile appears: like a criminal undercover.

Once again, one can guess that the subject and main verb – the linking verb be – are not stated.

If the subject and linking verb were stated, the line might be something like this:

I am like a criminal undercover

As the song continues, many more similes appear:

Smooth like butter

Pull you in like no other

Don't need no Usher

To remind me you got it bad

Ain't no other

That can sweep you up like a robberNote that the preposition like introduces either a noun, as in butter, a pronoun, as in no other, or a noun phrase, as in a robber.

Later in the song, many of the similes do not involve linking verbs. To be clear: similes do not have to involve linking verbs. However, many everyday structures do involve them.

结束语

你下次听歌时，请关注like及连系的用法。只要细心学习努力工作，相信你的英语表达能力定会smooth like butter

Closing thoughts

The next time you listen to popular music, try to find examples of similes. Make note of how the speaker uses the word like, and make note of the verb the speaker uses. Does the speaker use a linking verb with the simile? Or do they use a different kind of verb?

With careful study and hard work, your ability to express comparisons in English will become smooth… like butter.