metaphor是什么意思

音标:英 [ˈmetəfə(r)]美 [ˈmɛtəˌfɒr, -fɚ]

隐喻

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

metaphor的用法和例句：

1. The swamp mud is a metaphor, her metaphor.

沼泽神泥只是一种隐喻 她的隐喻

2. First of all, it's a working title, so it can change, but but it's a metaphor it's a metaphor, okay, for when you're going where things take you and whether that's a good thing or not.

首先 名称待定 还可以再改 但这是一种...暗喻 这暗喻着你受某种事物驱使前往某地时 这种事物是好是坏

3. And before you say it, that's not a metaphor.

在你提问前 我这话不是比喻

4. I assumed it was a metaphor. It's not.

我觉得这是隐喻 不是的

5. Yeah, me, too. I was stuck for a metaphor.

我也是 我只是想不到其他比喻了

6. It would not have the same metaphorical heft, I fear.

恐怕不会像你比喻的那么轻松

7. Isn't that sweet? It's a metaphor for togetherness.

很甜蜜吧 是我们和睦相处的一种比喻

8. You know, for most people, that's a metaphor.

那个 对大多数人来说 那说法只是打个比方

9. It's a memory, but it's also a metaphor.

是段回忆 也是一个比喻

10. In this metaphor, yes, we're the acrobat.

在这个比喻里我们确实是杂技演员