动 explain，make clear，understand，know；名 analogy，a surname ；

[例句] 用来喻指生活中的激烈斗争的一场足球比赛 a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life

[例句] 明喻通常以 like 或as开头. Similes usually start with " like " or " as ".

[语] metaphor ；

[例句] 我只能用隐喻来向你描述它. I can only represent it to you by metaphors.

[例句] 混用更多的隐喻来说，你还没学会走就想跑，而我又剪掉了你的翅膀。 To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings.

metaphor or simile，analogy，figure of speech，allegory，comparison ；

[例句] 利维原来说的是一种比喻。 It turns out Levy is talking in metaphorical terms.

[例句] 批评家们可能会认为小说的核心比喻过于简单。 Critics may complain that the novel's central conceit is rather simplistic.

a concealed analogy，metaphor （一种修辞手段，如夜幕 the curtain of night） ；

[例句] 这喑喻不但是双重, 更是四重暗喻! It was not just double meaning , but quadruple meaning!

[例句] 我认为这个暗喻接近事实但还不太正确. I think the metaphor is close but not quite correct.

metonymy ；

[例句] “plastic”(塑料)是指代信用卡的转喻词. Plastic is a metonym for credit card.

[例句] 这种转喻的关系,不仅出现于作品与作品之间, 也是发生在作品与现实之间. This metonymical relationship does not emerge between artworks; also takes place between artwork and reality.

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[例句] 人生常被喻为一场梦. Life is often likened to a dream.

[例句] 人生可喻为旅途. Life can be likened to a journey.

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