metaphor meaning in English
n.
【修辞学】隐喻，暗喻〔the curtain of night 之类〕；(某种概念、品质或情况等的)象征。
Examples
- He wanted to use the baseball as a metaphor .
他想用垒球作个比喻。 - Final cause, he said, is pure metaphor .
他说终极原因纯粹是虚拟的说法。 - Chartwell is a metaphor of its squire .
卡特威尔很可以和它的主人相比拟。 - "bailout" is a colorful metaphor .
“保释”是一个生动的比喻。 - I seem to be floundering in a sea of metaphor .
我好象在一大堆比喻里挣扎。