| 单词 | metaphor |
| 释义 | metaphor['metəfə]n. 隐喻 metaphor met.a.phor AHD: [mµt“…-fôr”, -f…r] D.J. [6met*7f%8, -f*]K.K. [6mWt*7f%r, -f+]n.（名词）1. 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”(&b{Shakespeare})“整个世界一台戏”(莎士比亚)2. 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”(&b{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)语源:1. Middle English methaphor 中古英语 methaphor 2. from Old French metaphore 源自 古法语 metaphore 3. from Latin metaphora 源自 拉丁语 metaphora 4. from Greek [transference, metaphor] 源自 希腊语 [转移，隐喻] 5. from metapherein [to transfer] 源自 metapherein [转移] 6. meta- [meta-] meta- [前缀，表“在中间”] 7. pherein [to carry] * see bher- 1pherein [传送] *参见 bher- 1继承用法:met”aphor“ic AHD: [-fôr“¹k, -f¼r“-] 或 met”a.phor“i.cal （形容词）met”aphor“ically adv.（副词） |
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