metaphorical
美音:
[´metə´fɔ:rıkəl
]英音:
[´metə´fɔ:rıkəl
]adj.隐喻性的,比喻性的
难易程度:
metaphorical为短语/超纲词汇
近义词, 同义词
metaphorical
/,metə'fɒrɪkl; [US] -'fɔ:r-; ,mɛtə`fɔrɪkl/
adj of or like a metaphor; containing metaphors 隐喻的
*a metaphorical expression, phrase, etc 隐喻的说法、短语等. Cf 参看 figurative, literal 1a.
metaphorical
adj
a metaphorical use of a word is not concerned with real objects or physical events, but with ideas or events of a non-physical kind
The word has a metaphorical as well as a literal meaning.
used to show that you are using a metaphor
his need to escape from the metaphorical chains that held him
>metaphorically [-kli/