metaphor

metaphor
noun
  1. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
    隐喻
    'I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression,' said Mark, who was fond of theatrical metaphors.
    “我坠过一道消沉的活板门，”喜欢用夸张隐喻的迈克说道。
    [mass noun]her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor.
    她的诗歌依赖暗示和隐喻。
    ■a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract
    （抽象事物的）代表物；象征物
    the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering.
    该公司损失的资金足以使其成为一个风雨飘摇行业的象征。
派生
metaphoric
adjective
metaphorical
adjective
metaphorically
adverb
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: from French métaphore, via Latin from Greek metaphora, from metapherein 'to transfer'
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