Metaphor N Var 例：...The Mix 英[ˈmetəfə(R 美[ˈmɛtəˌfɔr Fɚ N.隐喻，暗喻;象征

英[ˈmetəfə(r)] 美[ˈmɛtəˌfɔr, -fɚ]

n.隐喻，暗喻;象征;

N-VAR

隐喻;暗喻;比喻的说法

A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse.

例：...the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'.避免使用“有暴力意味的表达和隐喻”，例如“一石二鸟”

例：...the writer's use of metaphor.作者对隐喻的运用

N-VAR

象征;标志

If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it.

例：The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart.破碎的家庭仍旧是一个继续分崩离析的社会的有力象征。

PHRASE

混合(使用)隐喻(指同时运用两个矛盾的隐喻)

If you mix your metaphors, you use two conflicting metaphors. People do this accidentally, or sometimes deliberately as a joke.

例：To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings...混用更多的隐喻来说，你还没学会走就想跑，而我又剪掉了你的翅膀。

例：Despite the mixed metaphor, there is some truth in this judgement.尽管有混用的比喻，这个判断还是有些道理的。

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