anthropomorphize
verb[IorT]
uk/ˌæn.θrə.pəˈmɔː.faɪz/us/ˌæn.θrə.pəˈmɔːr.faɪz/(UKalsoanthropomorphise)to show ortreatananimal,god, orobjectas if it ishumaninappearance,character, orbehaviour:
人格化，赋予人性，当作人对待Problems candevelopwhenpeopleanthropomorphizetheirpets.人们将自己宠物当作人来对待的时候就有可能会出现问题。
Theseancienttreeshave agreatimpactbecause ofourtendencyto anthropomorphize,seeingthem assurrogatesforvenerablehumans.这些古树影响深远，因为我们倾向于将其人格化，视其为伟人的化身。
- Beatrix Potter tookcomfortin theanimalsshe anthropomorphizes in herstories.
- An anthropomorphizedfiredeityhasexistedin manycultures.
- It's onlynaturalto anthropomorphizemachines. People haveprobablybeentalkingtotheircarssince they wereinvented.
- Hebeginshisjourneyin Santo Domingo, acityhe anthropomorphizes.
- When youstudysomething thatlong,prettysoonyoustarttothinkof them as beinghuman; youstartanthropomorphizing.
Figurative use of language
- a metaphor forsomethingidiom
- allegorically
- allusion
- anthropomorphic
- figurative
- figure of speech
- idiom
- ironic
- metaphor
- metaphorically
- metonymy
- mix
- mixyourmetaphorsidiom
- mixed metaphor
- non-metaphorical
- pathetic fallacy
- so to speakidiom
- speak
- symbol
- trope