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单词 metaphor
释义
metaphor
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈmet.ə.fɔːr/us
/ˈmet̬.ə.fɔːr/
C2
anexpression, oftenfoundinliterature, thatdescribesapersonorobjectby referring to something that isconsideredto havesimilarcharacteristicsto thatpersonorobject:
隐喻；暗喻
"Themindis anocean" and "thecityis ajungle" are both metaphors.“思维是海洋”和“城市是丛林”都是隐喻。
Metaphor andsimileare the mostcommonlyusedfiguresofspeechineverydaylanguage.隐喻和明喻是日常语言中最常用的修辞手法。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Figurative use of language
  • a metaphor forsomethingidiom
  • allegorically
  • allusion
  • anthropomorphic
  • anthropomorphize
  • figurative
  • figure of speech
  • idiom
  • ironic
  • metaphorical
  • metonymy
  • mix
  • mixed metaphor
  • non-literal
  • non-metaphorical
  • pathetic fallacy
  • so to speakidiom
  • speak
  • symbol
  • trope
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Idiom

a metaphor forsomething
(Definition ofmetaphorfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

metaphor| American Dictionary

metaphor
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈmet̬·əˌfɔr,-fər/
literature
anexpressionthatdescribesapersonorobjectby referring to something that isconsideredtopossesssimilarcharacteristics:
[C]"Aheartofstone" is a metaphor.

metaphorical

adjectiveus
/ˌmet̬·əˈfɔr·ɪ·kəl,-ˈfɑr-/
metaphoricalexpressions
(Definition ofmetaphorfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmetaphor

metaphor
The geographicalmetaphoris particularly useful when discussing the internal structure of a program, and hence it tends to predominate in more technical texts.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We have applied the same idea to teaching music by arguing for body movement as a physicalmetaphorbetween musical activities and conceptual thinking.
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There are phenomena that occur only at certain scales, and which thereby are poor models or metaphors for other levels.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One method of making this prior knowledge explicit is to examine the metaphors preservice teachers use during their practice teaching.
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This property alone has fundamental consequences for the solutions that we expect from any model that is based on thatmetaphor.
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Ghosts may seem to elude serious scholars except asmetaphoror atmosphere, but there is a surprising abundance of books about them.
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In this magnum opus he used biological metaphors to analyse the functioning of a national economic system and elaborate a detailed typology of socio-economic phenomena.
From theCambridge English Corpus
With respect to the problem of invisibility, the crystalmetaphoroffers an elegant solution.
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Indeed, rhythm becomes a complicatedmetaphorfor sexuality in the song, ametaphorset up through the dual working of verbal and rhythmic meaning.
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His enthusiasm for his subject produces some excessive stylistic flourishes, dramatic metaphors, rhetorical questions.
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Thismetaphornaturally lends itself to an intuitive graphical representation of connectors and their composition that strongly resembles (asynchronous) electronic circuit diagrams.
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To follow themetaphorof landscape, we suggest an apparatus for environmental change that is like a cloud.
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It would have been tempting to let themetaphordecide, say by exiting into a cloister, or by retrograde back the way one came.
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Through consideration of both traditional instruments and new technology-driven interfaces, we explore the role thatmetaphorplays in developing expressive devices.
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Concerning art practice, 'rhizome' can be adapted as ametaphorof speaker cables.
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Collocationswithmetaphor

metaphor

These are words often used in combination withmetaphor.

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central metaphor
The vast body of evidence presented and referred to in the target article demonstrates the heuristic value of thecentralmetaphor.
From theCambridge English Corpus
conceptual metaphor
Indeed, elaborations at this more specific level may, perhaps more plausibly, give rise to the more general abstractions in evidence inconceptualmetaphortheory.
From theCambridge English Corpus
extended metaphor
It is difficult to do justice to a work of scholarship that is written in the form of anextendedmetaphor.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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