metaphor
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR 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
...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,如“一石二鸟。”
2. N-VAR If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it. 象征
The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart. 破裂的家庭仍然是一个持续分裂的社会的有力象征。
3. PHRASE If you mix your metaphors, you use two conflicting metaphors. People do this accidentally, or sometimes deliberately as a joke. 把两个矛盾的隐喻混用在一起
To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings. 再混用一些隐喻,你还不会走就想跑,而我又修短了你的翅膀。
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metaphor /ˈmɛtəfə/ (metaphors)
剑桥词典
- an expression , often found in literature , that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to have similar characteristics to that person or object
隐喻;暗喻
"The mind is an ocean " and "the city is a jungle " are both metaphors. “思维是海洋”和“城市是丛林”都是隐喻。
Metaphor and simile are the most commonly used figures of speech in everyday language . 隐喻和明喻是日常语言中最常用的修辞手法。