Metaphor

['metəfə;-fɔː] or ['mɛtəfɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) 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.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.

整理:马库斯

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Similitude (without the signs of comparison), simile (expressed in a word).

校對:西尔玛

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Similitude, image

ANT:Letter, literalness

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解釋/意思:

n. a transference of meaning the putting of one thing for another which it only resembles as when words are said to be bitter: an implicit simile.—adjs. Metaphor′ic -al pertaining to or containing metaphor: figurative.—adv. Metaphor′ically.—ns. Metaphor′icalness; Met′aphorist.—Mixed metaphor an expression in which two or more metaphors are confused where one only is capable of being intelligibly evolved or conceived objectively as Cromwell's 'God has kindled a seed in this nation.'

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