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
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - So we've already seen the trope of the house.
我们已经看过关于房子的比喻。 - The age old school/ teacher/ studying trope ranked number one.
老学校、老师、学习相关内容位列榜首。 - ( 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。