英语词汇“metaphor”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If you brag that "the world's your oyster," you're using a metaphor from Shakespeare, who knew a thing or two about figures of speech.

Good writers know their way around a metaphor, where you make an analogy between two things to show how one resembles the other in some way. When a character from Shakespeare calls the world his oyster, that's his boastful way of saying that all the riches of the world are his for the taking, like plucking a pearl from an oyster shell. Shakespeare also wrote, "All the world's a stage." Oyster? Stage? Come on, Will, get your metaphors straight!

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

metaphor / simile

Both make comparisons, but a metaphor compares one thing to another straight up, while a simile uses "like" or "as."

The word metaphor comes from the Greek metaphora "to transfer." With a metaphor, an idea is transferred from one word to another. It's implicit, like in this metaphor from Flannery O'Connor, "He had measured five feet four inches of pure gamecock." But don't mix them — mixed metaphors get confusing. Don't put all of your eggs in one doghouse. Wha? Here are some examples of the word itself:

Driving is such a metaphor, literally and figuratively, for freedom — as it is in the movie — so I'm amazed when some people never learn it. (Los Angeles Times)

Never mind what Lemmy said — with respect, 'Ace of Spades' can be viewed as a metaphor. (BBC)

Then it was all about finding the right analogy or metaphor for the way to tell an audience. (New York Times)

A simile is similar but it always uses "like" or "as." In fact, the word simile comes from the Latin for "a like thing." A simile's comparison is explicit. Just like that old joke from Fat Albert, "You're like school on Saturday: no class!" But seriously folks, here are some examples of the word in action:

Clouds roasted like marshmallows; everything — eventually — scorched beyond simile. (The New Yorker)

It's like McDonald's,' she said, pleased to have landed on a simile that an American reporter would surely appreciate. ( New York Times)

A metaphor is direct — Rudolpho is a cow! But a simile can soften the blow — Rudolpho is like a cow. Use them in descriptive writing or any time you're feeling sassy.

WORD FAMILY

metaphor: metaphoric, metaphorical, metaphors+/metaphorical: metaphorically

USAGE EXAMPLES

Thirty seconds later, a woman shows up dressed like a shark who calls herself a dolphin, which is probably a metaphor.

Time(Jan 02, 2017)

These films may also offer a metaphor to contemporary life, depending on how you read them.

Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017)

And conducting is very much a metaphor, I think, for living.

Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016)

n a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

Hypo|Hyper

dead metaphor, frozen metaphor

a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake')

mixed metaphor

a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect

synesthetic metaphor

a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities

figure, figure of speech, image, trope

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

单词	metaphor
释义	metaphor (once / 833 pages) n If you brag that "the world's your oyster," you're using a metaphor from Shakespeare, who knew a thing or two about figures of speech. Good writers know their way around a metaphor, where you make an analogy between two things to show how one resembles the other in some way. When a character from Shakespeare calls the world his oyster, that's his boastful way of saying that all the riches of the world are his for the taking, like plucking a pearl from an oyster shell. Shakespeare also wrote, "All the world's a stage." Oyster? Stage? Come on, Will, get your metaphors straight! CHOOSE YOUR WORDS metaphor / simile Both make comparisons, but a metaphor compares one thing to another straight up, while a simile uses "like" or "as." The word metaphor comes from the Greek metaphora "to transfer." With a metaphor, an idea is transferred from one word to another. It's implicit, like in this metaphor from Flannery O'Connor, "He had measured five feet four inches of pure gamecock." But don't mix them — mixed metaphors get confusing. Don't put all of your eggs in one doghouse. Wha? Here are some examples of the word itself: Driving is such a metaphor, literally and figuratively, for freedom — as it is in the movie — so I'm amazed when some people never learn it. (Los Angeles Times) Never mind what Lemmy said — with respect, 'Ace of Spades' can be viewed as a metaphor. (BBC) Then it was all about finding the right analogy or metaphor for the way to tell an audience. (New York Times) A simile is similar but it always uses "like" or "as." In fact, the word simile comes from the Latin for "a like thing." A simile's comparison is explicit. Just like that old joke from Fat Albert, "You're like school on Saturday: no class!" But seriously folks, here are some examples of the word in action: Clouds roasted like marshmallows; everything — eventually — scorched beyond simile. (The New Yorker) It's like McDonald's,' she said, pleased to have landed on a simile that an American reporter would surely appreciate. ( New York Times) A metaphor is direct — Rudolpho is a cow! But a simile can soften the blow — Rudolpho is like a cow. Use them in descriptive writing or any time you're feeling sassy. WORD FAMILY metaphor: metaphoric, metaphorical, metaphors+/metaphorical: metaphorically USAGE EXAMPLES Thirty seconds later, a woman shows up dressed like a shark who calls herself a dolphin, which is probably a metaphor. Time(Jan 02, 2017) These films may also offer a metaphor to contemporary life, depending on how you read them. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) And conducting is very much a metaphor, I think, for living. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) n a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity Hypo\|Hyper dead metaphor, frozen metaphor a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake') mixed metaphor a combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect synesthetic metaphor a metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities figure, figure of speech, image, trope language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
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