英语单词“a metaphor for something”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析
a metaphor forsomething
idiomasymbolthatrepresentsaparticularthing:Theauthorusesdiseaseas ametaphorfor thecorruptioninsociety.In thefilm, thecityis ametaphorforconfusionandloneliness.- allegorically
- allusion
- anthropomorphic
- anthropomorphize
- figurative
- figure of speech
- idiom
- ironic
- metaphor
- metaphorically
- metonymy
- mix
- mixyourmetaphorsidiom
- mixed metaphor
- non-metaphorical
- pathetic fallacy
- so to speakidiom
- speak
- symbol
- trope
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