| 单词 | metaphor |
| 释义 | metaphor —metaphorical /met'euh fawr"i keuhl, -for"-/, metaphoric, adj. —metaphorically, adv. —metaphoricalness, n. /met"euh fawr', -feuhr/, n. 1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in "A mighty fortress is our God." Cf. mixed metaphor, simile (def. 1). 2. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol. [1525-35; < L metaphora < Gk metaphorá a transfer, akin to metaphérein to transfer. See META-, -PHORE] |
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