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
- Specifically, in ideational metaphor, Chinese learners tend to use verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
在概念隐喻方面，中国学生更倾向于使用动词、形容词和副词； - In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.
诗歌中常用玫瑰花来隐喻爱情。 - 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。 - I think the metaphor is close but not quite correct.
我认为这个暗喻接近事实但还不太正确。 - 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。 - This metaphor is very appropriate.
这个比喻很贴切。 - Are we done with this metaphor?
我们结束这个比喻了吗？ - However, this theory separates metaphor from the context which disintegrates the dynamic organization of news reporting.
但这一理论的缺陷是，它割断了隐喻和语境的关系，抹杀了新闻报导的动态结构特征。 - Ripe with in-jokes, self-references, and post-modern metaphor, the movie questions a too-civilized world.
这部电影驾轻就熟地借助圈内笑话、自我指认和后现代主义的隐喻，对过度文明的世界提出了质疑。 - This light is a metaphor for the flame of creation.
这种光是对创造的火焰的一种隐喻。