動(dòng)詞 resemble:

1. appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to

1. The cap of a jester, decorated to resemble the comb of a rooster.
   小丑的帽子小丑的帽子，裝飾得像公雞的肉冠
2. Any one of various other instruments, such as the electronic organ, that resemble a pipe organ either in mechanism or sound.
   電子風(fēng)琴任何一種在機(jī)械裝置或聲音上類似管風(fēng)琴的其它各類樂器，例如電子風(fēng)琴
3. She resembles her sister in appearance but not in character.
   她和她姐姐外貌相似，但性格不同。
4. The situation closely resembles that of Europe in 1940.
   這種形勢(shì)與1940年的歐洲十分相似。

re.sem.ble

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
re.sem.bled,re.sem.bling,re.sem.bles
To exhibit similarity or likeness to.
類似：顯出與…類似或相似

來(lái)源：
Middle English resemblen
中古英語(yǔ) resemblen
from Old French resembler
源自 古法語(yǔ) resembler
re- [re-]
re- [前綴，表.重新，回應(yīng).]
sembler [to appear] from Latin simul3re [to imitate] from similis [like] * see sem-
sembler [出現(xiàn)] 源自 拉丁語(yǔ) simul3re [模仿] 源自 similis [像] *參見 sem-

【引伸】
resem.bler
n.（名詞）