metaphor

'metәfә

考研托福雅思GRE Collins 2

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

n. 隐喻

Collins 星级

5,128

BNC 频率

3,927

使用频率

metaphor 由两个部分组成：前缀 meta- 意为“超越、转变”，和词根 phor 来自希腊语 phorein，意为“携带、带来”。结合起来可以理解为“超越字面意义的表达”。

例句

1. A metaphor can make a description more vivid and interesting.

比喻可以使描述更加生动和有趣。

2. When she said life is a journey, she used a metaphor to express her feelings.

当她说生活是一段旅程时，她用了一个比喻来表达她的感受。

3. The teacher explained that a metaphor compares two things without using "like" or "as."

老师解释说，比喻是比较两件事而不使用“像”或“如”的方式。