metaphor 详细解释
metaphor
['metəfə]
n.象征, 隐喻
词形变化
形容词: metaphoric | 副词: metaphorically |
词义辨析
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英英释义
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
补充
metaphormetaphor英:[ˈmetəfə] 美:[ˈmɛtəˌfɔr, -fɚ]n.1.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。例句
1. the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'对“一石二鸟”之类的“有暴力意味的表达方式和隐喻”的回避使用 2. the writer's use of metaphor作者对暗喻的运用 3. The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart.破碎的家庭仍旧是对持续分崩离析的社会的有力譬喻。 4. To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings.我再多用个混杂引喻的说法, 你还没学会走路时就想奔跑, 而我却把你的翅膀剪掉了。 5. Despite the mixed metaphor, there is some truth in this judgement.尽管有混用的比喻, 这个论断还是有些道理的。 6. 'I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression,' said Mark, who was fond of theatrical metaphors.“我坠过一道消沉的活板门，”喜欢用夸张隐喻的迈克说道。 7. [mass noun]her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor.她的诗歌依赖暗示和隐喻。 8. the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering.该公司损失的资金足以使其成为一个风雨飘摇行业的象征。 9. “He was drowning in paperwork” is a metaphor in which having to deal with a lot of paperwork is being compared to drowning in an ocean of water.“他被淹没在文书工作中”是一种隐喻，把不得不处理大量的文书工作比喻为淹没在海洋里。 10. Her poems include many imaginative metaphors.她的诗歌包含了很多富有想象力的隐喻。 11. a poet admired for her use of metaphor因擅长使用隐喻而受到赞赏的女诗人 12. The author uses flight as a metaphor for freedom.作者将飞翔作为自由的象征。 13. The veil is a metaphor for [=symbol of] secrecy.面纱是神秘的象征。 14. a metaphorical description of children as plants growing in a garden将孩子喻为生长在花园里的植物的比喻式描述 15. "In this class, we'll be taking a metaphorical journey through Russian literature of the 19th century."在这门课上，我们将会体验19世纪俄国文学的穿越之旅。 16. speaking metaphorically打个比方说热门单词推荐
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