metaphor
英 [ˈmetəfə(r)]
美 [ˈmetəfər]
n. 暗喻; 隐喻
复数：metaphors
Collins.2 / BNC.5128 / COCA.3927
同义词辨析
similen. 明喻
〔辨析〕
一种修辞手法，常用 as 或 like 等词将具有某种共同特征的两种不同事物相比拟。
〔例证〕
'The baby is as cute as an angel' is a simile.
“孩子像天使一般可爱”是句明喻。
She looks like a doctor.
她看上去像个大夫。
He is as brave as a lion.
他像狮子一般勇猛。
“孩子像天使一般可爱”是句明喻。
She looks like a doctor.
她看上去像个大夫。
He is as brave as a lion.
他像狮子一般勇猛。
metaphorn. 暗喻，隐喻
〔辨析〕
一种修辞手法，描写某事物时，将其直接说成另一不同的事物而不用比喻词，暗示两者之间有着某种相似性。
〔例证〕
She has a striking originality in her use of metaphor.
她在运用隐喻方面有着惊人的独创性。
Love is a red rose.
爱情是朵红玫瑰。
The old lady is a she-devil.
那个老太婆是个母夜叉。
她在运用隐喻方面有着惊人的独创性。
Love is a red rose.
爱情是朵红玫瑰。
The old lady is a she-devil.
那个老太婆是个母夜叉。
牛津词典
noun
- 暗喻；隐喻
a word or phrase used to describe sb/sth else, in a way that is different from its normal use, in order to show that the two things have the same qualities and to make the description more powerful, for example She has a heart of stone ; the use of such words and phrases- 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 - the writer's striking use of metaphor
这位作家对于隐喻的独到运用
- a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 隐喻;暗喻;比喻的说法
Ametaphoris 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.- ...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
- ...the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'.
- N-VAR 象征;标志
If one thing is ametaphor foranother, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it.- 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。
- The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart.
- PHRASE 混合(使用)隐喻(指同时运用两个矛盾的隐喻)
If youmixyourmetaphors, you use two conflicting metaphors. People do this accidentally, or sometimes deliberately as a joke.- 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。
- To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings...
英英释义
noun
- 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
双语例句
- The overlapping or interaction of metaphor and metonymy sometimes exists in semantic extension.
隐喻和转喻在词义延伸中有时会交叉或相互作用。 - Common language of metaphor and simile form of metaphor.
语常见的比喻形式有明喻和隐喻。 - Their work is a despairing metaphor for a society in its death throes
他们的作品是对一个正在作垂死挣扎的社会的绝望隐喻。 - This metaphor is very appropriate.
这个比喻很贴切。 - Metaphor is one important field of cognitive linguistics studies.
摘要隐喻是认知语言学重要的研究方向之一。 - Are we done with this metaphor?
我们结束这个比喻了吗？ - Because of its pervasiveness and cognitive characteristics, metaphor is widely applied to the field of language study.
由于其普遍性和认知特性，隐喻被普遍应用于语言学习领域。 - This is one meaning of the metaphor.
这是刚才的比喻的其中一个意思。 - Interpersonal metaphor can be further divided into metaphor of mood and metaphor of modality.
人际隐喻可以进一步区分为语气隐喻和情态隐喻。 - As a link between cognition and language, metaphor plays an indispensable role in vocabulary teaching.
作为认知和语言的纽带，隐喻在词汇教学中具有不可或缺的地位。