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metaphor

音標['met?f?] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 隱喻

詞型變化：

副詞:metaphorically 形容詞:metaphoric 

英文解釋：

名詞 metaphor:

  1. 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

例句：

  1. In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.
    玫瑰在詩中通常作為愛的象徵。
  2. She has a striking originality in her use of metaphor.
    她在運用隱喻方面有獨創性。

詳細解釋：


met.a.phor

n.（名詞）
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
縮寫 met.,metaph.隱喻：一種語言表達手法，通常用指某物的詞或詞組來指代他物，從而暗示它們之間的相似之處，如.憂愁之海. 或
例句：
.All the world`s a stage.(Shakespeare)
.整個世界一台戲.(莎士比亞)

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol:
象徵：被想像成代替另一物的事物；象徵：
例句：
.The high-rise garbage repository is a metaphor for both accomplishment and failure.(Richard Sever)
.堆積如山的垃圾場既是人類成就的象徵，也是人類失敗的象徵.(理察·塞沃)

來源：
Middle English methaphor
中古英文 methaphor
from Old French metaphore
源自 古法文 metaphore
from Latin metaphora
源自 拉丁語 metaphora
from Greek [transference, metaphor]
源自 希臘語 [轉移，隱喻]
from metapherein [to transfer]
源自 metapherein [轉移]
meta- [meta-]
meta- [前綴，表.在中間.]
pherein [to carry] * see bher-
pherein [傳送] *參見 bher-

【引伸】
met.aphor.ic
met.aphor.ically
adv.（副詞）

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