as
英 [æz; əz]
美[æz,əz]
	    - conj. 因为;随着;虽然;依照;当…时
 - prep. 如同;当作;以…的身份
 - adv. 同样地;和…一样的
 
英英释意
- 1. to the same degree (often followed by `as');
 - "they were equally beautiful"
 - "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"
 - "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"
 - "he is every bit as mean as she is"