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met·a·phor AHD[mĕtʹə-fôr', -fər] D.J.[ˈmetəˌfɔː, -fə]K.K.[ˈmɛtəˌfɔr, -fɚ]n.(名词)- 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” 或 "All the world's a stage"(Shakespeare)“整个世界一台戏”(莎士比亚)
- 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)
- Middle English methaphor 中古英语 methaphor
- from Old French metaphore 源自 古法语 metaphore
- from Latin metaphora 源自 拉丁语 metaphora
- from Greek [transference, metaphor] 源自 希腊语 [转移,隐喻]
- from metapherein [to transfer] 源自 metapherein [转移]
- meta- [meta-] meta- [前缀,表“在中间”]
- pherein [to carry] * see bher- 1pherein [传送] * 参见 bher- 1
met'aphorʹic AHD[-fôrʹĭk, -fŏrʹ-] 或 met'a·phorʹi·cal (形容词)met'aphorʹically adv.(副词) |