• n. 暗喻，隱喻；比喻說(shuō)法

meta-,改變，-phor,帶來(lái)，詞源同bring.引申詞義改變方式，用于語(yǔ)法指暗喻，隱喻。

metaphor (n.)

late 15c., from Middle French metaphore (Old French metafore, 13c.), and directly from Latin metaphora, from Greek metaphora "a transfer," especially of the sense of one word to a different word, literally "a carrying over," from metapherein "transfer, carry over; change, alter; to use a word in a strange sense," from meta- "over, across" (see meta-) + pherein "to carry, bear" (see infer).

1. Despite the mixed metaphor, there is some truth in this judgement.

盡管有混用的比喻，這個(gè)判斷還是有些道理的。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life

用來(lái)喻指生活中的激烈斗爭(zhēng)的一場(chǎng)足球比賽

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. 'This vale of tears'is a metaphor for the human condition.

“ 眼淚的溪谷 ” 是塵世的比喻說(shuō)法.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. Using metaphor, we say that computers have senses and a memory.

打個(gè)比方, 我們可以說(shuō)計(jì)算機(jī)有感覺(jué)和記憶力.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.

玫瑰在詩(shī)中通常作為愛(ài)的象征.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》