English Dictionary

metaphor

/ˈmɛ.tə.fə/

名詞

修辞法 不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.

日本語の意味

隠喩：ある言葉や表現を文字通りの意味ではなく、他の事物や概念に対する比喩表現として用いる修辞技法。

The poet used metaphor to link sorrow and the sea in a way that felt both inevitable and surprising.

詩人は悲しみと海を結びつけるために隠喩を用い、それは必然的でありながら驚きも与えた。

意味（1）

(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of a word or phrase to refer to something other than its literal meaning, invoking an implicit similarity between the thing described and what is denoted by the word or phrase.

Coordinate term: simile (when the similarity is made explicit by the words like or as)

意味（2）

(countable, rhetoric) A word or phrase used in such implied comparison.

A Metaphor, in place of proper words, Resemblance puts; and dress to speech affords.]

意味（3）

(countable, graphical user interface) The use of an everyday object or concept to represent an underlying facet of the computer and thus aid users in performing tasks.

desktop metaphor; wastebasket metaphor

metaphors （ plural ）