有一读者问： 有这样一句话：
(1)The dog is a member of family, like.
其中的like一词是什么意思？ 属于何种词类？ 用作什么句子成分？
首先应指出like的这种用法至今尚不能算是标准英语，虽然它已有近百年的历史。有的人说它是俚语（slang)，也有人说它是粗俗之词 (vulgarism)，所以有不少词典未收入它。但尽管如此，like的这种用法，在非正式文体中，尤其在口语中，却并不罕见。它的意思相当于so to speak或as it were, 可译作“可以说是”或“说得上是”。它在句中是一副词，用作修饰全句的状语。正如例（1）所示，它常置于句子末尾，再如：
(2)She was out of her mind like .
(3)I have kept my real sentiments more to myself like .
但有时亦可置于句子中间，如：
(4)We rode uptown with them to the Warwick Hotel where there were hundreds of girls all lined up in front screaming, like very insane.
有时like可在同一句中连续出现，如:
(5)He's an old fellow, like , and he can't, like , walk very far on his own, like .
