metaphor

单词音标

metaphor音标[\'metәfә]

汉语翻译

n. 隐喻

词型变化

副词:metaphorically形容词:metaphoric

英语解释

名词 metaphor:

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

例句

In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.

玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。

She has a striking originality in her use of metaphor.

她在运用隐喻方面有独创性。

详细解释

met.a.phor

n.（名词）

Abbr. met.,metaph.A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in.a sea of troubles. or

缩写 met.,metaph.隐喻：一种语言表达手法，通常用指某物的词或词组来指代他物，从而暗示它们之间的相似之处，如.忧愁之海. 或

例句：

.All the world`s a stage.(Shakespeare)

.整个世界一台戏.(莎士比亚)

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol:

象征：被想象成代替另一物的事物；象征：

例句：

.The high-rise garbage repository is a metaphor for both accomplishment and failure.(Richard Sever)

.堆积如山的垃圾场既是人类成就的象征，也是人类失败的象征.(理查德·塞沃)

来源：

Middle English methaphor

中古英语 methaphor

from Old French metaphore

源自 古法语 metaphore

from Latin metaphora

源自 拉丁语 metaphora

from Greek [transference, metaphor]

源自 希腊语 [转移，隐喻]

from metapherein [to transfer]

源自 metapherein [转移]

meta- [meta-]

meta- [前缀，表.在中间.]

pherein [to carry] * see bher-

pherein [传送] *参见 bher-

【引伸】

met.aphor.ic

met.aphor.ically

adv.（副词）