metaphor
/ˈmetəfə(r)/noun
1- a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable隐喻：
'I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression,' said Mark, who was fond of theatrical metaphors
“我坠过一道消沉的活板门,"喜欢用夸张隐喻的迈克说道
mass noun her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor.她的诗歌依赖暗示和隐喻。
1.1
- a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract（抽象事物的）代表物; 象征物：
the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering.
该公司损失的资金足以使其成为一个风雨飘摇行业的象征。
派生词
metaphoric
adjectivemetaphorical
adjectivemetaphorically
adverb词源
late 15th cent.: from French métaphore, via Latin from Greek metaphora, from metapherein 'to transfer'.