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metaphor是什么意思

metaphor

英[ˈmetəfə(r)] 美[ˈmetəfər]

n. 隐喻，暗喻，象征；

复数：metaphors;

相关单词 metaphor or simile metaphorical Metaphorical Metaphor metaphorically metaphors

反义词

Metaphor的反义词之：
simile

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N-VAR

隐喻;暗喻;比喻的说法

A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse.
例句
...the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'. 避免使用“有暴力意味的表达和隐喻”，例如“一石二鸟” ...the writer's use of metaphor. 作者对隐喻的运用
N-VAR

象征;标志

If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it.
例句
The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart. 破碎的家庭仍旧是一个继续分崩离析的社会的有力象征。
PHRASE

混合(使用)隐喻(指同时运用两个矛盾的隐喻)

If you mix your metaphors, you use two conflicting metaphors. People do this accidentally, or sometimes deliberately as a joke.
例句
To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings... 混用更多的隐喻来说，你还没学会走就想跑，而我又剪掉了你的翅膀。 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。

英汉词典释义

n.
隐喻
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。

英英词典释义

Noun
1. 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

行业词典

哲学：隐喻；

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