n. 隐喻(metaphor的复数形式)
n 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

One of the clearest places to find good metaphors is in poems. 诗歌是最容易出现好隐喻的地方。 Take this haiku by the 18th century Japanese poet Issa. On a branch floating downriver, a cricket singing. 以18世纪日本诗人小林一茶的

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If you are like 98 percent of other people, 如果你象其余百分之九十八的人一样, you will identify the round, amoeboid shape as Bouba, and the sharp, spiky one as Kiki. 你会把这个圆圆的,变形虫形状的叫做Bouba,把尖尖

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This formula works wherever metaphor is present. 这个公式适用于所有的暗喻。 Elvis uses it, but so does Shakespeare in this famous line from Romeo and Juliet: Juliet is the sun. 埃尔维斯用到它,莎士比亚也同样用到它,于《

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is mixed metaphors. Politicians often provide good fodder for language commentary, and one of Barack Obama's comments during the debates has been rattling around in my head for a while now. He made a comment that some

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Pigeon vs. web NB: This is not an accurate (精确的) word-for-word transcript Dima: Hello and welcome to this edition of 6 Minute English with me, Dima Kostenko Kate: and me, Kate Colin. Dima: Kate is here not simply to keep me company but also to giv

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A new article in a special section on Culture and Psychology in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, explains that people in different cultures think about work in different ways. For exam

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Books and arts 文艺 New fiction 最新小说 Comfort food 温馨食物 COOKING is a sensual experience. 烹饪是一种感官体验。 It has the power to comfort, unite and anchor a family in tradition. 传统上认为,它具有安逸、粘合和支

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Love on the lam 爱在潜逃路 A rare thing: a deeply moving thriller 奇葩:惊悚小说也催泪 Schroder. By Amity Gaige. 《父亲的罪》作者艾米蒂盖奇 ERIC is the unlikeliest of characters to charm a reader. His life is a tabloid dra

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Hi! This is Stever Robbins, host of the Get-it-Done Guys Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More. Grammar Girl is working on her book this week and since I do a lot of public speaking, she asked me to talk about how to use similes and metaphors

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德州诗人从警察工作中找到灵感 HOUSTON Police are not generally known for their genteel manners and skill at creating metaphors. But many cops, as police officers are known, have written books influenced by their law enforcement work. Sti

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Commencement speeches are inspiring. They're filled with goosebump inducing anecdotes, brilliant metaphors and words of wisdom and advice that make you want to run out the door and chase your dreams down the block. 毕业演讲往往鼓舞人心。这些

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Most of us live our life unconsciously. The daily routine of work keeps our mind busy. There is always the next vacation or party to look forward to. Then one Sunday afternoon, when we are lolling in our bed, it suddenly hits us? What is my purpose i

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模仿句子: Well, in the dead camp, I love M. F. K. Fisher. She's funny and sarcastic, and she really does take you into the flavours of things and they, it feels, become metaphors for emotion. 翻译: 过去的那些作家里,我比较喜欢

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Li Sao is a Chinese poem dating from the Warring States Period, largely written by Qu Yuan (340 BC - 278 BC) of the Kingdom of Chu. One of the most famous poems of pre-Qin China, it is a representative work of the Chu Ci form of poetry. 《离骚》是

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I tried to write a song and keep it 3 minutes long Get in get out nobody gets hurt And I tried a thousand times to fit god between the lines But I'm finding out that doesn't really work I just don't have the words to say 'cause words only get in my w

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