| 单词 | metaphorical sense |
| 释义 | metaphorical sense Then he fell off his pedestal (in a literal and metaphorical sense), chipping his cloak. Times, Sunday Times In this metaphorical sense, people only ever go up the path, never down it or across it. Times, Sunday Times By 2006 the robo-monster was huge - not only in the metaphorical sense of its impact, but also literally, physically, in its overwhelming mass. Times, Sunday Times Is golf uniquely cruel, in that metaphorical sense? Times, Sunday Times But the word quickly gained the metaphorical sense of 'hungry for intellectual sustenance, thin, insipid'. The Times Literary Supplement |
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