['metəfə]
metaphor
n. 隐喻,暗喻

词形变化:

副词:metaphorically 形容词:metaphoric

例句与用法:

  1. In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.
    玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。
  2. She has a striking originality in her use of metaphor.
    她在运用隐喻方面有独创性。

英英解释:

名词 metaphor:

  1. 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