比[bǐ] 基本解释：
新英汉大词典：
- 比[bǐ]
- 动词- （比较; 较量高下、长短、距离、好坏等） compare; compete; contrast; match; emulate:
not to hold a candle [stick] to; cannot compare with; no match for;比不上
comparable; can be compared with;比得上
- （比方; 比喻） compare to; draw an analogy; liken to:may be compared to; be just like;可比作
liken it to a paper tiger把它比做纸老虎
- （做手势） gesticulate; gesture:gesticulate as one says [talks]连说带比划
- （对着; 向着） be trained on; be directed at:train the gun on the enemy用枪比着敌人
- （仿照）copy; model after:draw a gourd ladle on a calabash比着葫芦画瓢
- （能够相比）can be compared:solid as metal and stone;坚比金石
Don't worry about not knowing much about the goods; just compare and you will see which is better.不怕不识货，就怕货比货。
- （依附; 勾结） attach oneself to:act in collusion with; conspire; gang up朋比为奸
- 名词- （比率） ratio; proportion:
direct ratio [proportion];成正比
inverse [reciprocal] ratio [proportion]成反比
- （比较） comparison; contrast:without compare无比
- （作诗的一种手法; 比喻） metaphor in poetry- （姓氏） a surname:Bi Ming比明
- 介词- （用来比较性状和程度的差别） than:
getting older and older each year;一年比一年老
much bigger than this one;比这大得多
- （双方得分的对比） to (in a score):win the match by a score of three to two以3比2获胜
- 形容词- （紧靠; 挨着） close together; next to:
row upon row of鳞次栉比
- {物} （比的） specific:specific surface area比表面积
- 副词- （近来） recently:
recently;比来
recently heard比闻
例句与用法：
Baseball is more popular than any other sport in Japan.
This street is four times shorter than that one.
This street is three times wider than that one.