English to Vietnamese Meaning of metaphor - ẩn dụ

Metaphor :

ẩn dụ

noun

ẩn dụ, hình ảnh

Metaphor :: ẩn dụMetaphoric :: ẩn dụMetaphorical :: có ẩn ýMetaphors :: ẩn dụ

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Definitions of metaphor in English

Noun(1) a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

Examples of metaphor in English

(1) He is a recurring metaphor for the colour and movement of Australians at play.(2) This would be a good metaphor for something, no doubt, if I could only pin it down.(3) Smoking is an epidemic; it is a metaphor for cancer in its spread as much as it is for infecting people with cancer.(4) when we speak of gene maps and gene mapping, we use a cartographic metaphor(5) her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor(6) the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering(7) The torso also includes the heart, a metaphor for your vital life force, as well as representing the bonds of love.(8) Never use a metaphor , simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.(9) The metaphor of consumption dominates this speech and connects each image.(10) It's almost a metaphor for immigrant life, which has to be retooled to succeed in America.(11) I like to think of the rats as a metaphor for the city's egalitarianism.(12) What kept me reading was how the novel worked as such a creepy metaphor for contemporary America.(13) Yet its importance as a metaphor for evil means that the coalition remains desperate to exorcise these demons.(14) In the story, this inability to finish a picture is a metaphor for being reluctant to commit to a relationship.(15) The book's title is, of course, a metaphor for what she as a writer does.(16) Images are often presented through figures of speech like simile and metaphor .

Related Phrases of metaphor

(1) extended metaphor ::

ẩn dụ mở rộng

Related Phrases of metaphor

(1) extended metaphor ::

ẩn dụ mở rộng

Synonyms

Noun

1. figure of speech ::

Con số ngôn luận

2. image ::

hình ảnh

3. trope ::

ngụ ý

4. analogy ::

sự giống nhau

5. comparison ::

sự so sánh

6. symbol ::

ký hiệu

Different Forms

metaphor, metaphoric, metaphorical, metaphors

Word Example from TV Shows

Yeah, me, too. I was stuck for a METAPHOR.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 12

They say it's the perfect METAPHOR for my incandescent talent.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 4

I believe the appropriate METAPHOR here involves a river of excrement...

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 8

Wow, was that your first ever sports METAPHOR?

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 10

- A sports METAPHOR? - Yes, baseball.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 7

Examples of metaphor from TV Shows

Yeah, me, too. I was stuck for a METAPHOR.

The Big Bang Theory Season 9, Episode 12

They say it's the perfect METAPHOR for my incandescent talent.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 4

I believe the appropriate METAPHOR here involves a river of excrement...

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 8

Wow, was that your first ever sports METAPHOR?

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 10

- A sports METAPHOR? - Yes, baseball.

The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 7

English to Vietnamese Dictionary: metaphor

Meaning and definitions of metaphor, translation in Vietnamese language for metaphor with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of metaphor in Vietnamese and in English language.

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English to Vietnamese Dictionary: metaphor

Meaning and definitions of metaphor, translation in Vietnamese language for metaphor with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of metaphor in Vietnamese and in English language.

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What metaphor means in Vietnamese, metaphor meaning in Vietnamese, metaphor definition, examples and pronunciation of metaphor in Vietnamese language.