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单词 metaphor
释义 met·a·phor AHD[mĕtʹə-fôr', -fər] D.J.[ˈmetəˌfɔː, -fə]K.K.[ˈmɛtəˌfɔr, -fɚ]n.(名词)
    1. Abbr. met.,metaph.A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in"a sea of troubles" or 缩写 met.,metaph.隐喻:一种语言表达手法,通常用指某物的词或词组来指代他物,从而暗示它们之间的相似之处,如忧愁之海"All the world's a stage"(Shakespeare)“整个世界一台戏”(莎士比亚)
    1. One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol:象征:被想象成代替另一物的事物;象征:"The high-rise garbage repository is a metaphor for both accomplishment and failure"(Richard Sever)“堆积如山的垃圾场既是人类成就的象征,也是人类失败的象征”(理查德·塞沃)
Etymology语源
    1. Middle English methaphor 中古英语 methaphor
    1. from Old French metaphore 源自 古法语 metaphore
    1. from Latin metaphora 源自 拉丁语 metaphora
    1. from Greek [transference, metaphor] 源自 希腊语 [转移,隐喻]
    1. from metapherein [to transfer] 源自 metapherein [转移]
    1. meta- [meta-] meta- [前缀,表“在中间”]
    1. pherein [to carry] * see bher- 1pherein [传送] * 参见 bher- 1
Related Forms继承用法met'aphorʹic AHD[-fôrʹĭk, -fŏrʹ-] 或 met'a·phorʹi·cal (形容词)met'aphorʹically adv.(副词)
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