资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Liken \Lik"en\ (l[imac]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Likened}
   (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Likening}.] [OE. liknen. See {Like},
   a.]
   1. To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to
      compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.

            Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth
            them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built
            his house upon a rock.                --Matt. vii.
                                                  24.

   2. To make or cause to be like. [R.] --Brougham.

资料来源 : WordNet®

likening
     n : the act of comparing similarities