conceits是什么意思？

conceits

• n. 高傲( conceit的名词复数 )，自以为，巧妙的词语，别出心裁的比喻；

例句

• Their metaphor degenerates into a series of isolated and barren conceits. 他们的隐喻变为一系列孤立而贫乏的牵强附会.
• The most grotesque fantastic conceits haunted him in his bed at night. 夜晚躺在床上的时候,各种离奇怪诞的幻想纷至沓来.
• He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours. 他记下了闲暇时想到的一些看法.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  自负;自高自大
  Conceit is very great pride in your abilities or achievements that other people feel is too great.
  例句
  He knew, without conceit, he was considered a genius... 不是他自命不凡，他知道大家认为他是个天才。 Pamela knew she was a good student, and that was not just a conceit. 帕梅拉知道自己是个好学生，而这绝不仅仅是自负。
• N-COUNT
  (文学中)巧妙的比喻，别出心裁的对比
  In literature, a conceit is a clever or unusual metaphor or comparison.
  例句
  Critics may complain that the novel's central conceit is rather simplistic. 批评家们可能会认为小说的核心比喻过于简单。