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).
双语例句
1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life
用来喻指生活中的激烈斗争的一场足球比赛
来自《权威词典》
3. 'This vale of tears'is a metaphor for the human condition.
“ 眼泪的溪谷 ” 是尘世的比喻说法.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Using metaphor, we say that computers have senses and a memory.
打个比方, 我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.