metaphor

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɛ.tə.fə/|/ˈmɛt.ə.fɔː/    美 /ˈmɛt.ə.foɹ/|/ˈmɛ.tə.fɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The use of a word, phrase, concept, or set of concepts to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word, etc., that is used. rhetoric,uncountable
    — The next group of computational approaches to metaphor assume that metaphor is basically a hidden analogy.
  2. A word or phrase used in such implied comparison. countable,rhetoric
    — A Metaphor, in place of proper words, Resemblance puts; and dress to speech affords.
  3. The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks. countable
    — desktop metaphor, wastebasket metaphor
动词 v.
  1. To use a metaphor. intransitive
  2. To describe by means of a metaphor. transitive

词形变化

metaphors plural metaphors present,singular,third-person metaphoring participle,present metaphored participle,past metaphored past

词汇关系

上位词
figure of speech trope
衍生词
conceptual metaphor dead metaphor extended metaphor malaphor metaphoreme metaphoric metaphorical metaphorical extension metaphorically metaphorician metaphoricity metaphorics metaphorism metaphorist metaphorization metaphorize metaphorology mixed metaphor stale metaphor supermetaphor
相关词
analogy idiom metonymy metonym simile skeuomorphism allegory

词源

词源 1
From Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “to transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).
词源 2
From Middle French métaphore, from Latin metaphora, from Ancient Greek μεταφορά (metaphorá), from μεταφέρω (metaphérō, “to transfer, apply”), from μετά (metá, “with, across, after”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, carry”).
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