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metaphor n.隐喻，暗喻 metaphor (n.) late 15c., from Middle French metaphore (Old French metafore, 13c.), and directly from Latin metaphora, from Greek metaphora "a transfer," especially of the sense of one word to a different word, literally "a carrying over," from metapherein "transfer, carry over; change, alter; to use a word in a strange sense," from meta- "over, across" (see meta-) + pherein "to carry, bear" (see infer). 【记】meta变化，副 + phor 说，变着说，用隐喻的方法变着法说；meta 副 + phrase 词汇，用另一个接近的词表达此涵义，比喻【相关】aphorism 格言, 警语, 谚语，philosopher 哲学家

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['metəfə] 【英】 n. 隐喻，暗喻(the application of word or phrase to an object or concept it does not literally denote)【考】 metaphor : literal / melody : spoken(隐喻不是字面上的表 达/旋律不是语言上的 表达)【记】 meta(变化)+phor(带 有)→以变化的方式表 达→隐喻【例】 The candidate's speech contained many metaphors and little substance. n. 隐喻; 暗喻【记】meta后面, phor话－字面后面的话－隐喻【类】metaphor: literal = melody: spoken隐喻不是字面上的表达 = 旋律不是语言上的表达

单词	metaphor
音标	['metəfə]
解释	n.隐喻，暗喻
红宝书	【英】 n. 隐喻，暗喻(the application of word or phrase to an object or concept it does not literally denote) 【考】 metaphor : literal / melody : spoken(隐喻不是字面上的表达/旋律不是语言上的表达) 【记】 meta(变化)+phor(带有)→以变化的方式表达→隐喻【例】 The candidate's speech contained many metaphors and little substance.
字源	metaphor (n.) late 15c., from Middle French metaphore (Old French metafore, 13c.), and directly from Latin metaphora, from Greek metaphora "a transfer," especially of the sense of one word to a different word, literally "a carrying over," from metapherein "transfer, carry over; change, alter; to use a word in a strange sense," from meta- "over, across" (see meta-) + pherein "to carry, bear" (see infer).
不择手段背单词	n. 隐喻; 暗喻【记】meta后面, phor话－字面后面的话－隐喻【类】metaphor: literal = melody: spoken隐喻不是字面上的表达 = 旋律不是语言上的表达
趣味全助记	【记】meta变化，副 + phor 说，变着说，用隐喻的方法变着法说；meta 副 + phrase 词汇，用另一个接近的词表达此涵义，比喻【相关】aphorism 格言, 警语, 谚语，philosopher 哲学家

Metaphor Word N Phrase Literally Literal French Metəfə