metaphor /'metәfә/

Meaning

English definition

• (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

Chinese translation

• n. 隐喻

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'metәfә/

Syllables

3

Exam levels

Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 3.73 · Super Rare

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