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metaphor
metəfɔːr ˈmɛtəfə ˈmɛtəˌfɔr
Word forms: plural metaphors
1 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. 隐喻;暗喻;比喻的说法

  • ...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

SYN figure of speech, image, symbol, analogy
2 N-VAR 象征;标志 If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it. 象征;标志

  • The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart. [+ for]

    破碎的家庭仍旧是一个继续分崩离析的社会的有力象征。

3 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. 混合(使用)隐喻(指同时运用两个矛盾的隐喻)

  • 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。

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Word Linkmeta ≈ beyond, change : metabolism, metamorphosis, metaphor
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