名詞 metaphor:

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

1. In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.
   玫瑰在詩中通常作為愛的象征。
2. She has a striking originality in her use of metaphor.
   她在運(yùn)用隱喻方面有獨(dú)創(chuàng)性。

met.a.phor

n.（名詞）
Abbr. met.,metaph.A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in.a sea of troubles. or
縮寫 met.,metaph.隱喻：一種語言表達(dá)手法，通常用指某物的詞或詞組來指代他物，從而暗示它們之間的相似之處，如.憂愁之海. 或
例句：
.All the world`s a stage.(Shakespeare)
.整個(gè)世界一臺戲.(莎士比亞)

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol:
象征：被想象成代替另一物的事物；象征：
例句：
.The high-rise garbage repository is a metaphor for both accomplishment and failure.(Richard Sever)
.堆積如山的垃圾場既是人類成就的象征，也是人類失敗的象征.(理查德·塞沃)

來源：
Middle English methaphor
中古英語 methaphor
from Old French metaphore
源自 古法語 metaphore
from Latin metaphora
源自 拉丁語 metaphora
from Greek [transference, metaphor]
源自 希臘語 [轉(zhuǎn)移，隱喻]
from metapherein [to transfer]
源自 metapherein [轉(zhuǎn)移]
meta- [meta-]
meta- [前綴，表.在中間.]
pherein [to carry] * see bher-
pherein [傳送] *參見 bher-

【引伸】
met.aphor.ic
met.aphor.ically
adv.（副詞）