Definition of metaphor in English:

metaphor

noun ˈmɛtəfɔːˈmɛtəfə

1A 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
when we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor
mass noun her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor
她的诗歌依赖暗示和隐喻。
Example sentencesExamples
- As early as the 16th century theorists had compared musical figures to metaphors.
- Kids take metaphors literally, which mean that a frog in your throat will be slimy, living and likely to hop out onto the kitchen floor.
- No longer will one or two tropes or metaphors serve to characterize the poetic work done by women.
- So I went on to talk about metaphors you know, and similes and figures of speech.
- The description is literal, concrete and concise, rarely using metaphors or similes to extend the image.
- In this way as if scenarios are not metaphors but are performative approaches or enactments.
- Neither can a concern with the ear and the eye be taken simply as a reading of particular metaphors, however powerfully conceived.
- I've been working really hard on improving my metaphors and similes and the like.
- We thrive on metaphors and similes, and we place ourselves within contexts of known stories and mythologies.
- It is his method of organising words, images and metaphors to create the particular effect he seeks to achieve.
- We think in similes and metaphors; some people simply carry the levels of identification farther than others.
- But we should not be tempted to construe these metaphors literally.
- The dream contains all the violence of a given situation but it sits veiled in metaphors and images.
- I doubt I have ever read a novel with so many extravagantly nonsensical similes and rococo metaphors.
- Images are often presented through figures of speech like simile and metaphor.
- Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
- Cut adjectives, adverbs, similes and metaphors which do not shed light or develop the narrative voice.
- Although there is no use of metaphors or similes, there are beautiful descriptions in this book.
- Poetry aims to speak death through metaphors but metaphors also defer rather than confer meaning.
- Her daily speech is sprinkled with metaphors and witty turns of phrase.
Synonyms
figure of speech, figurative expression, image, trope, allegory, parable, analogy, comparison, symbol, emblem, word painting, word picture
literary conceit
1. 1.1 A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else.
  （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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The torso also includes the heart, a metaphor for your vital life force, as well as representing the bonds of love.
  The book's title is, of course, a metaphor for what she as a writer does.
  From what I've read the film is more of a metaphor for home coming/coming out.
  What is known is that the ball was a metaphor for the movement of the sun, and by extension also of the moon and stars.
  This could be seen as a metaphor for writing fiction, but the story itself seems too schematic.
  Somehow niggling at my brain is this apartment as a metaphor for the Korean Way of Doing Things.
  This would be a good metaphor for something, no doubt, if I could only pin it down.
  Smoking is an epidemic; it is a metaphor for cancer in its spread as much as it is for infecting people with cancer.
  So if my garden is a metaphor for my life now then I'm in big trouble!
  Throughout the film, the necklace serves as a metaphor for her freedom to live a life of her choosing.
  I had also meant for this story to be a metaphor for my own life as I knew it and saw it.
  He is a recurring metaphor for the colour and movement of Australians at play.
  What kept me reading was how the novel worked as such a creepy metaphor for contemporary America.
  I like to think of the rats as a metaphor for the city's egalitarianism.
  The metaphor of consumption dominates this speech and connects each image.
  In the story, this inability to finish a picture is a metaphor for being reluctant to commit to a relationship.
  I prefer to think that stiff-neckedness is a metaphor for being stubbornly set in one's ways.
  The title is a metaphor for the need to satisfy cravings that perhaps we do not always fully recognize.
  It's almost a metaphor for immigrant life, which has to be retooled to succeed in America.
  Yet its importance as a metaphor for evil means that the coalition remains desperate to exorcise these demons.
  Synonyms
  parable, analogy, symbol, emblem

Origin

Late 15th century: from French métaphore, via Latin from Greek metaphora, from metapherein 'to transfer'.

Definition of metaphor in US English:

metaphor

noun

1A 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
her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor
她的诗歌依赖暗示和隐喻。
“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。
Example sentencesExamples
- Images are often presented through figures of speech like simile and metaphor.
- The dream contains all the violence of a given situation but it sits veiled in metaphors and images.
- As early as the 16th century theorists had compared musical figures to metaphors.
- Cut adjectives, adverbs, similes and metaphors which do not shed light or develop the narrative voice.
- Kids take metaphors literally, which mean that a frog in your throat will be slimy, living and likely to hop out onto the kitchen floor.
- We thrive on metaphors and similes, and we place ourselves within contexts of known stories and mythologies.
- Her daily speech is sprinkled with metaphors and witty turns of phrase.
- No longer will one or two tropes or metaphors serve to characterize the poetic work done by women.
- In this way as if scenarios are not metaphors but are performative approaches or enactments.
- But we should not be tempted to construe these metaphors literally.
- So I went on to talk about metaphors you know, and similes and figures of speech.
- I've been working really hard on improving my metaphors and similes and the like.
- Poetry aims to speak death through metaphors but metaphors also defer rather than confer meaning.
- Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
- The description is literal, concrete and concise, rarely using metaphors or similes to extend the image.
- I doubt I have ever read a novel with so many extravagantly nonsensical similes and rococo metaphors.
- We think in similes and metaphors; some people simply carry the levels of identification farther than others.
- Although there is no use of metaphors or similes, there are beautiful descriptions in this book.
- It is his method of organising words, images and metaphors to create the particular effect he seeks to achieve.
- Neither can a concern with the ear and the eye be taken simply as a reading of particular metaphors, however powerfully conceived.
Synonyms
figure of speech, figurative expression, image, trope, allegory, parable, analogy, comparison, symbol, emblem, word painting, word picture
1. 1.1 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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I prefer to think that stiff-neckedness is a metaphor for being stubbornly set in one's ways.
  Somehow niggling at my brain is this apartment as a metaphor for the Korean Way of Doing Things.
  I had also meant for this story to be a metaphor for my own life as I knew it and saw it.
  Throughout the film, the necklace serves as a metaphor for her freedom to live a life of her choosing.
  Yet its importance as a metaphor for evil means that the coalition remains desperate to exorcise these demons.
  From what I've read the film is more of a metaphor for home coming/coming out.
  It's almost a metaphor for immigrant life, which has to be retooled to succeed in America.
  The torso also includes the heart, a metaphor for your vital life force, as well as representing the bonds of love.
  What kept me reading was how the novel worked as such a creepy metaphor for contemporary America.
  Smoking is an epidemic; it is a metaphor for cancer in its spread as much as it is for infecting people with cancer.
  I like to think of the rats as a metaphor for the city's egalitarianism.
  He is a recurring metaphor for the colour and movement of Australians at play.
  So if my garden is a metaphor for my life now then I'm in big trouble!
  In the story, this inability to finish a picture is a metaphor for being reluctant to commit to a relationship.
  What is known is that the ball was a metaphor for the movement of the sun, and by extension also of the moon and stars.
  The title is a metaphor for the need to satisfy cravings that perhaps we do not always fully recognize.
  The metaphor of consumption dominates this speech and connects each image.
  This would be a good metaphor for something, no doubt, if I could only pin it down.
  The book's title is, of course, a metaphor for what she as a writer does.
  This could be seen as a metaphor for writing fiction, but the story itself seems too schematic.
  Synonyms
  parable, analogy, symbol, emblem

Origin

Late 15th century: from French métaphore, via Latin from Greek metaphora, from metapherein ‘to transfer’.

词汇	metaphor
释义	Definition of metaphor in English: metaphor noun ˈmɛtəfɔːˈmɛtəfə 1A 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 when we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor mass noun her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor 她的诗歌依赖暗示和隐喻。 Example sentencesExamples As early as the 16th century theorists had compared musical figures to metaphors. Kids take metaphors literally, which mean that a frog in your throat will be slimy, living and likely to hop out onto the kitchen floor. No longer will one or two tropes or metaphors serve to characterize the poetic work done by women. So I went on to talk about metaphors you know, and similes and figures of speech. The description is literal, concrete and concise, rarely using metaphors or similes to extend the image. In this way as if scenarios are not metaphors but are performative approaches or enactments. Neither can a concern with the ear and the eye be taken simply as a reading of particular metaphors, however powerfully conceived. I've been working really hard on improving my metaphors and similes and the like. We thrive on metaphors and similes, and we place ourselves within contexts of known stories and mythologies. It is his method of organising words, images and metaphors to create the particular effect he seeks to achieve. We think in similes and metaphors; some people simply carry the levels of identification farther than others. But we should not be tempted to construe these metaphors literally. The dream contains all the violence of a given situation but it sits veiled in metaphors and images. I doubt I have ever read a novel with so many extravagantly nonsensical similes and rococo metaphors. Images are often presented through figures of speech like simile and metaphor. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Cut adjectives, adverbs, similes and metaphors which do not shed light or develop the narrative voice. Although there is no use of metaphors or similes, there are beautiful descriptions in this book. Poetry aims to speak death through metaphors but metaphors also defer rather than confer meaning. Her daily speech is sprinkled with metaphors and witty turns of phrase. Synonyms figure of speech, figurative expression, image, trope, allegory, parable, analogy, comparison, symbol, emblem, word painting, word picture literary conceit 1.1 A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else. （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。 Example sentencesExamples The torso also includes the heart, a metaphor for your vital life force, as well as representing the bonds of love. The book's title is, of course, a metaphor for what she as a writer does. From what I've read the film is more of a metaphor for home coming/coming out. What is known is that the ball was a metaphor for the movement of the sun, and by extension also of the moon and stars. This could be seen as a metaphor for writing fiction, but the story itself seems too schematic. Somehow niggling at my brain is this apartment as a metaphor for the Korean Way of Doing Things. This would be a good metaphor for something, no doubt, if I could only pin it down. Smoking is an epidemic; it is a metaphor for cancer in its spread as much as it is for infecting people with cancer. So if my garden is a metaphor for my life now then I'm in big trouble! Throughout the film, the necklace serves as a metaphor for her freedom to live a life of her choosing. I had also meant for this story to be a metaphor for my own life as I knew it and saw it. He is a recurring metaphor for the colour and movement of Australians at play. What kept me reading was how the novel worked as such a creepy metaphor for contemporary America. I like to think of the rats as a metaphor for the city's egalitarianism. The metaphor of consumption dominates this speech and connects each image. In the story, this inability to finish a picture is a metaphor for being reluctant to commit to a relationship. I prefer to think that stiff-neckedness is a metaphor for being stubbornly set in one's ways. The title is a metaphor for the need to satisfy cravings that perhaps we do not always fully recognize. It's almost a metaphor for immigrant life, which has to be retooled to succeed in America. Yet its importance as a metaphor for evil means that the coalition remains desperate to exorcise these demons. Synonyms parable, analogy, symbol, emblem Origin Late 15th century: from French métaphore, via Latin from Greek metaphora, from metapherein 'to transfer'. Definition of metaphor in US English: metaphor noun 1A 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 her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor 她的诗歌依赖暗示和隐喻。 “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。 Example sentencesExamples Images are often presented through figures of speech like simile and metaphor. The dream contains all the violence of a given situation but it sits veiled in metaphors and images. As early as the 16th century theorists had compared musical figures to metaphors. Cut adjectives, adverbs, similes and metaphors which do not shed light or develop the narrative voice. Kids take metaphors literally, which mean that a frog in your throat will be slimy, living and likely to hop out onto the kitchen floor. We thrive on metaphors and similes, and we place ourselves within contexts of known stories and mythologies. Her daily speech is sprinkled with metaphors and witty turns of phrase. No longer will one or two tropes or metaphors serve to characterize the poetic work done by women. In this way as if scenarios are not metaphors but are performative approaches or enactments. But we should not be tempted to construe these metaphors literally. So I went on to talk about metaphors you know, and similes and figures of speech. I've been working really hard on improving my metaphors and similes and the like. Poetry aims to speak death through metaphors but metaphors also defer rather than confer meaning. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. The description is literal, concrete and concise, rarely using metaphors or similes to extend the image. I doubt I have ever read a novel with so many extravagantly nonsensical similes and rococo metaphors. We think in similes and metaphors; some people simply carry the levels of identification farther than others. Although there is no use of metaphors or similes, there are beautiful descriptions in this book. It is his method of organising words, images and metaphors to create the particular effect he seeks to achieve. Neither can a concern with the ear and the eye be taken simply as a reading of particular metaphors, however powerfully conceived. Synonyms figure of speech, figurative expression, image, trope, allegory, parable, analogy, comparison, symbol, emblem, word painting, word picture 1.1 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。 Example sentencesExamples I prefer to think that stiff-neckedness is a metaphor for being stubbornly set in one's ways. Somehow niggling at my brain is this apartment as a metaphor for the Korean Way of Doing Things. I had also meant for this story to be a metaphor for my own life as I knew it and saw it. Throughout the film, the necklace serves as a metaphor for her freedom to live a life of her choosing. Yet its importance as a metaphor for evil means that the coalition remains desperate to exorcise these demons. From what I've read the film is more of a metaphor for home coming/coming out. It's almost a metaphor for immigrant life, which has to be retooled to succeed in America. The torso also includes the heart, a metaphor for your vital life force, as well as representing the bonds of love. What kept me reading was how the novel worked as such a creepy metaphor for contemporary America. Smoking is an epidemic; it is a metaphor for cancer in its spread as much as it is for infecting people with cancer. I like to think of the rats as a metaphor for the city's egalitarianism. He is a recurring metaphor for the colour and movement of Australians at play. So if my garden is a metaphor for my life now then I'm in big trouble! In the story, this inability to finish a picture is a metaphor for being reluctant to commit to a relationship. What is known is that the ball was a metaphor for the movement of the sun, and by extension also of the moon and stars. The title is a metaphor for the need to satisfy cravings that perhaps we do not always fully recognize. The metaphor of consumption dominates this speech and connects each image. This would be a good metaphor for something, no doubt, if I could only pin it down. The book's title is, of course, a metaphor for what she as a writer does. This could be seen as a metaphor for writing fiction, but the story itself seems too schematic. Synonyms parable, analogy, symbol, emblem Origin Late 15th century: from French métaphore, via Latin from Greek metaphora, from metapherein ‘to transfer’.
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