metaphors

英 [ˈmɛtəfəz]

美 [ˈmɛtəfɔrz]

n.  暗喻; 隐喻
metaphor的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 隐喻;暗喻;比喻的说法
  Ametaphoris an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse.
  1. ...the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'.
     避免使用“有暴力意味的表达和隐喻”，例如“一石二鸟”
  2. ...the writer's use of metaphor.
     作者对隐喻的运用
• N-VAR 象征;标志
  If one thing is ametaphor foranother, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it.
  1. The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart.
     破碎的家庭仍旧是一个继续分崩离析的社会的有力象征。
• PHRASE 混合(使用)隐喻(指同时运用两个矛盾的隐喻)
  If youmixyourmetaphors, you use two conflicting metaphors. People do this accidentally, or sometimes deliberately as a joke.
  1. To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings...
     混用更多的隐喻来说，你还没学会走就想跑，而我又剪掉了你的翅膀。
  2. Despite the mixed metaphor, there is some truth in this judgement.
     尽管有混用的比喻，这个判断还是有些道理的。

双语例句

• English and Chinese metaphors are important rhetorical devices in two languages.
  英语隐喻和汉语隐喻分别属于两种语言中重要的修辞格。
• Write down a few of the metaphors you have for life.
  写下几条你人生中所用的隐喻。
• Conceptual Metaphors and Their Pragmatic Functions in Logistical English Discourses
  物流英语中的概念隐喻及语用功能研究
• Yet, we still use the same old metaphors and retrieval models to manage our data.
  但是，我们仍然使用相同的隐喻和检索模型管理我们的数据。
• This is all about the Priests-the Magicians-the Trickster-the Myths and Metaphors.
  这都关于祭司魔法师骗子神话和隐喻。
• Do you understand the metaphors in this story now?
  现在了解这些故事的比喻了吗？
• This means that structural metaphors are grounded in our experience.
  这意味着结构隐喻根植于我们的经验。
• There are lots of conceptual metaphors conveying abstract texts in business English and Chinese discourse.
  英汉商务语篇中有着大量的概念隐喻来再现抽象的概念文本。
• This is one of the best metaphors I've heard.
  这是我听过的比喻当中，其中一个最贴切的比喻。
• Well-chosen analogies and metaphors can also help.
  贴切的类比和比喻也会有较好的效果。