| 释义 |
metaphor/ˈmetəfə, -fɔ:/n. 1a the application of a name or descriptive term or phrase to an object or action to which it is imaginatively but not literally applicable (e.g. 如 a glaring error 显眼的错误) 隐喻；比喻 b an instance of this 比喻说法 2 (often foll. by 常后跟 of or for) a symbol of a usu. abstract thing (通常为抽象之物的)象征 the lark was a metaphor for release 云雀象征解脱 □ metaphoric /-ˈfɒrik/ adj.□ metaphorical /-ˈfɒrik(ə)l/ adj.□ metaphorically /-ˈfɒrik(ə)li/ adv.[French métaphore or Latin metaphora from Greek metaphora, from metapherō ‘transfer’] |