| 釋義 |
metaphor /'metsfs(r); 'metsf/ n [C, U] (example of) the use of words to indicate sth different from the literal meaning, as in Til make him eat his words, or He has a heart of stone'. 隱喻 (之例); 暗喻(之例)(用言詞表示與其字面意義不同之某事物，例如 'l' 】 l make him eat his words 中的 eat, 或 He has a heart of stone 中的 of stone) → Cf 參靛 simile: 明喻： 'a heart like stone'. ~ i cal /.mets-'fonkl US: -'far-; , mets'k2rilc!/ adj of or like a ~; containing or using ~s. 薩喻的; 似隱喻的; 含有隱喻的; 用隱脾的。 ~ically /-kli; -kli/ adv |