metaphor

英 ['metəfə; -fɔː] 美 ['mɛtəfɚ]
  • n. 暗喻,隐喻;比喻说法
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metaphor 暗喻,隐喻

meta-,改变,-phor,带来,词源同bring.引申词义改变方式,用于语法指暗喻,隐喻。

metaphor (n.)
late 15c., from Middle French metaphore (Old French metafore, 13c.), and directly from Latin metaphora, from Greek metaphora "a transfer," especially of the sense of one word to a different word, literally "a carrying over," from metapherein "transfer, carry over; change, alter; to use a word in a strange sense," from meta- "over, across" (see meta-) + pherein "to carry, bear" (see infer).
1. Despite the mixed metaphor, there is some truth in this judgement.
尽管有混用的比喻,这个判断还是有些道理的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life
用来喻指生活中的激烈斗争的一场足球比赛

来自《权威词典》

3. 'This vale of tears'is a metaphor for the human condition.
“ 眼泪的溪谷 ” 是尘世的比喻说法.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Using metaphor, we say that computers have senses and a memory.
打个比方, 我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.
玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》