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

• Student: So how do we know which spectrum pattern not trope with elements?
  学生：我们怎么对应上光谱和元素呢？
• There is no "Google is doomed" trope.
  世上也不存在“谷歌在劫难逃”的比喻。
• Bride-napping turns out to be a common trope across European countries, with versions in Russia, Germany, and Wales.
  绑架新娘的传统在欧洲比较常见，有俄罗斯、德国、威尔士版等多个版本。
• The trope of sight is obviously extremely important here.
  对视力的比喻在这里非常的重要。
• 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。
• Trope thoughts are of special value in the designation of news comments.
  比喻思维在新闻评论的构思中具有独特价值。
• Trope is a kind of figure of speech most frequently used in English as well as other languages.
  比喻存在于一切语言之中，也是英语常见的修辞方式之一，可以分为明喻和暗喻两大类。
• 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。
• The trope of English vocabulary is a cognitive process which uses language symbols to understand language.
  词汇转义是一个曲折渐进的语言认知过程，是人们通过语言符号来完成的语言认识活动的一部分。
• So we've already seen the trope of the house.
  我们已经看过关于房子的比喻。