trope

英 [trəʊp]

美 [troʊp]

n.  转义词语; 比喻词语

复数：tropes　

BNC.38163 / COCA.15189

牛津词典

noun

• 转义词语；比喻词语
  a word or phrase that is used in a way that is different from its usual meaning in order to create a particular mental image or effect. Metaphors and similes are tropes .

英英释义

noun

• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
  Synonym:figure of speechfigureimage

双语例句

• The trope of sight is obviously extremely important here.
  对视力的比喻在这里非常的重要。
• Trope of Mystery and Wonder in Doris Lessing's African Works
  多丽斯·莱辛非洲作品中的神秘比喻
• It also suggests that metaphor is of significance both for understanding this traditional trope for its further study.
  并指出对隐喻的研究不仅可以更好地理解这一传统的修辞现象，而且有助于隐喻学的深层次研究。
• Shakespearean is a trope often used to describe the machinations of Wall Street power players, but only the Bard could do justice to the treacheries reportedly playing out at the top of Goldman Sachs.
  华尔街实权派之间的争权夺利常常堪比莎翁剧作，也唯有莎翁才能将当前盛传的高盛（GoldmanSachs）顶层的尔虞我诈还原出来。
• Metaphor is not only a means of trope but also a cognitive approach.
  隐喻不仅是一种修辞手段，更是人类的一种认知方式。
• Sabbath Lily The first quotation from Sabbath Lily of course focuses on the eyes, and it is not hard to read into Haze Motes's name that the trope of sight is going to be important.
  第一句话来自，说的当然是关于眼睛，通过看Haze，Motes的名字，不难发现，在视线上的修辞将会很重要。
• ( rhetoric) characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense.
  （修辞学）具有修辞或比喻的特征或性质；从字面意义变化而来。
• Underneath this remarkably enduring and widespread trope lie two assumptions that, in their most primitive form, may trace their roots all the way back to evolutionary biology.
  在这些不同寻常并且广为流传的故事中，存在两个假设，即以最原始的方式，追寻生物进化论的根源。
• The Application of Trope in News Comments
  比喻在新闻评论中的应用研究
• Chapter four analyzes the context effect on trope.
  第四章分析了语境对英语词汇转义的作用。