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metaphoric

/met-uh-fawr-i-kuhl, -for-/US // ˌmɛt əˈfɔr ɪ kəl, -ˈfɒr- //

隐喻性,隐喻,隐喻性的,隐喻的

Related Words

symbolic符号性的,符号性,符号,符号化allegorical寓言式的,寓言式,寓意,寓言descriptive描述性的,描述性,说明性的,说明性metaphoric隐喻性,隐喻,隐喻性的,隐喻的illustrative说明性的,说明性,图示性的,插图representative代表,代表性,代表性的,有代表性的denotative表示性的,表示性,指称性的,指称性emblematic标志性的,象征性的,标志性,象征性tropological气候学,热带地区,气候学的,热带地区的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : involving, invoking, or intended to be taken as a metaphor, something used symbolically to represent something else, suggesting a comparison or resemblance: Our foreign policy blunder has given the insurgents a metaphorical green light to engage in violent tactics in pursuit of their imperial ambitions.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmetaphorical
Synonyms
allegorical寓言式的,寓言式,寓意,寓言descriptive描述性的,描述性,说明性的,说明性symbolic符号性的,符号性,符号,符号化denotative表示性的,表示性,指称性的,指称性emblematic标志性的,象征性的,标志性,象征性illustrative说明性的,说明性,图示性的,插图representative代表,代表性,代表性的,有代表性的tropological气候学,热带地区,气候学的,热带地区的
as infigurative
Synonyms
allegorical寓言式的,寓言式,寓意,寓言descriptive描述性的,描述性,说明性的,说明性fanciful梦幻般的,梦幻般,奇特的,遐想florid花卉,花色,花卉类,花色的metaphorical隐喻,隐喻性,隐喻性的,比喻性的pictorial画报,图画的,图案式,图解denotative表示性的,表示性,指称性的,指称性emblematic标志性的,象征性的,标志性,象征性emblematical象征性的,标志性的,象征性,标志性flowery如花似玉,如花的,鲜花般的,如花似锦illustrative说明性的,说明性,图示性的,插图ornate华美的,华丽的,华美,华贵的poetical诗意的,诗情画意,诗意,充满诗意representative代表,代表性,代表性的,有代表性的signifying意味着,寓意,标志着typical典型的,典型,典型的是,典型代表
as inillustrative
Synonyms
descriptive描述性的,描述性,说明性的,说明性emblematic标志性的,象征性的,标志性,象征性figurative象形,象征性的,象征性,具象的revealing揭示,披露,揭示真相,揭示的allegorical寓言式的,寓言式,寓意,寓言clarifying澄清,澄清的,阐明,澄清性comparative比较性,对比,比较,对比性corroborative证实性的,证实性,确凿的,确证性的delineative界定,界定性,划线,划定的diagrammatic图解,图解式,图解的,图示exemplifying示例性的,体现了,表明了,体现在explicatory阐释性,解释性的,说明性的,解释性expository说明性的,阐述性,阐述性的,说明性graphic图形,图像,图片,图文并茂iconographic图形学,图像学,图标学,图示学illuminative启发式的,启发式,启发性的,启发灵感的illustrational说明性的,插图,说明性,图文并茂illustratory说明性的,说明性,插图,图解性的imagistic想象力,想象力的,想像力,想象主义indicative指示性的,指示性,参考性,参考性的interpretive解释性的,解释型,解释性,解释性pictorial画报,图画的,图案式,图解pictoric象形的,象形,象征性的,象形文字representative代表,代表性,代表性的,有代表性的sample样本specifying具体说明,说明,指定,指定的symbolic符号性的,符号性,符号,符号化typical典型的,典型,典型的是,典型代表

Examples

  • As the ceasefire was announced, Peter Beinart asked me what Jerusalemites felt as we exited our own metaphoric bunkers.

  • This should reframe recent “failures” you experienced as opportunities for achieving greater goods, both real and metaphoric.

  • On the contrary, you now discover innumerable ways to market your wares, be they real or metaphoric.

  • The Solar Eclipse, Wednesday, meanwhile, brings welcome news regarding real estate, real or metaphoric.

  • If not, you will have created a more conducive environment for realizing next move(s), both real and metaphoric.

  • After thousands of years the lines of metaphoric advance are still shown, and in many cases actually retained in the meaning.

  • Frederick's nerves were in a state of tension, not in a mere metaphoric sense.

  • This and other apocryphal stories illustrate the evolution of Haggadoth out of metaphoric allusions.

  • I should say to the ordinary bookbuyer, in metaphoric language, Avoid the kickshaws and stick to the solids!

  • Metaphoric strength of expression will burst even from vulgar and illiterate minds when they are agitated.

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