metaphorn.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtəfə/,

/ˈmɛtəfɔː/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌfɔr/

Forms:

α. late Middle English methaphor, 1500s metafor, 1500s–1600s metaphore, 1500s– metaphor.

β. 1500s metaphoraes (plural), 1500s–1600s metaphora.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French metaphore; Latin metaphora.

Etymology: < Middle French metaphore (c1275 in Old French as metafore ; French métaphore ) and its etymon classical Latin metaphora < ancient Greek μεταϕορά < μετα- meta- prefix + ϕορά carrying ( < the o -grade of the stem of ϕέρειν to bear, carry: see bear v.¹), after μεταϕέρειν to transfer. Compare Italian metafora (a1375), Spanish metáfora (1st half of the 15th cent.), Portuguese metáfora (15th cent.).The β. forms are after classical Latin metaphora.

1. A figure of speech in which a name or descriptive word or phrase is transferred to an object or action different from, but analogous to, that to which it is literally applicable; an instance of this, a metaphorical expression. Cf. metonymy n., simile n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > metaphor

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tralatition1864

α.

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 63 (MED) Thei made theire bokis to many men ful derk, In poyses, parabols, & in methaphoris alle-so, which to scolers causith peyne and wo.

1533 King Henry VIII in Wotton Lett. (1654) Suppl. 8 And rather then men would note a lye when they know what is meant, they will sooner by allegory or metaphor draw the word to the truth.

1555 E. Bonner Certaine Homelyes 71* Chryste alwayes in hys speakynge dyd vse fygures, metaphores and tropes.

1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Collingbourne xxxvii These metafors I vse with other more.

1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte 861 Mens words are Metaphors, it makes no matter.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. ix. 247 An horn is the hieroglyphick of authority, power, & dignity, and in this Metaphor is often used in Scripture.

1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 339 Men will embrace Metaphors and Allegories, fancies and forms of Speech, instead of the Substance of true and real Righteousness.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No 289 ¶8 Those beautiful Metaphors in Scripture, where Life is termed a Pilgrimage.

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iii. 176 No author ever adorned a scientifical treatise with so many beautiful metaphors.

1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. xv. 313 If the resemblance..be long dwelt upon, and carried into all its minute circumstances we make an allegory instead of a metaphor... This is called straining a Metaphor.

1841 R. C. Trench Parables (1877) i. 9 The allegory stands to the metaphor,..in the same relation that the parable does to the..simile.

1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. xvi. 301 The metaphor of the poet is perfectly true in fact, for life is a stage.

1929 I. A. Richards Pract. Criticism iii. i. 187 A poet..may, by metaphor and otherwise, present objects for thought which are logically quite irrelevant.

1952 R. A. Knox Hidden Stream iv. 33 It is a metaphor if you describe Oxford as a hive of industry, or some of its inhabitants as drones.

1992 J. Peters & J. Nichol Tornado Down viii. 64 ‘Peeling the Onion’ was the metaphor some people in the military used to describe..the stripping away of the successive layers of the Iraqi defences.

β. a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.v^v In this processe, Parrot nothing hath surmysed No matter pretendyd, nor nothyng enterprysed But that metaphora, alegoria with all Shall be his protectyon, his pauys, and his wall.1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Ciiii^v Metaphora..a worde translated from the thynge that it properlye signifieth.1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. M3^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Metaphora, which is when a word from the proper or right signification is transferred to another neere vnto the meaning.1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 423 Better then Greeke with her..Fit Epithetes, and fine Metaphoraes.1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 175 The Metaphora, which is so frequent with them,..is it not an imposture?

2. Something regarded as representative or suggestive of something else, esp. as a material emblem of an abstract quality, condition, notion, etc.; a symbol, a token. Frequently with for, of.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol

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1836 R. W. Emerson Nature iv. 41 Parts of speech are metaphors because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind.

1864 W. Arnot Parables Our Lord iv. 119 The serpent, as a metaphor, was in practice as completely thirled to the indication of evil, as leaven had been.

1881 H. James Washington Square xxxii. 241 If your leg is a metaphor for young Townsend, I can assure you he has never been crushed... He is alive and perfectly intact.

1909 J. London in Sat. Evening Post 22 May 3/1 North of the Slot were the theaters, hotels, and shopping district... South of the Slot were the factories, slums,..and the abodes of the working class. The Slot was the metaphor that expressed the class cleavage of Society.

1962 Times 20 Dec. 11/1 The great joy of a novelist is that..he can create his own metaphor of the universe.

1984 H. Jacobson Peeping Tom (1985) i. iv. 113 The central metaphor for Tess's confusions is the threshing-machine.

1997 J. Seabrook Deeper viii. 253 The desktop metaphor shifted to the hypertext metaphor, in which work was not filed in stand-alone folders but linked across networks to other pages.

Compounds

Objective.

metaphor-making n.

ΚΠ

1889 St. G. Mivart Origin Human Reason 273 This power of metaphor-making.

1992 Eng. Today July 58/2 They show how awareness of metaphor-making can lead to new insights and understandings and help students develop hypotheses and wage arguments.

metaphor-monger n.

ΚΠ

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 46 These indiscreet and horrid Metaphor-mongers.

1870 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 197/1 He goes over the whole universe to gather images of bigness for your delectation, doing a larger business in mountains, earthquakes, and firmaments than any other metaphor-monger of the day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metaphor
释义	metaphorn. Brit. /ˈmɛtəfə/, /ˈmɛtəfɔː/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌfɔr/ Forms: α. late Middle English methaphor, 1500s metafor, 1500s–1600s metaphore, 1500s– metaphor. β. 1500s metaphoraes (plural), 1500s–1600s metaphora. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French metaphore; Latin metaphora. Etymology: < Middle French metaphore (c1275 in Old French as metafore ; French métaphore ) and its etymon classical Latin metaphora < ancient Greek μεταϕορά < μετα- meta- prefix + ϕορά carrying ( < the o -grade of the stem of ϕέρειν to bear, carry: see bear v.¹), after μεταϕέρειν to transfer. Compare Italian metafora (a1375), Spanish metáfora (1st half of the 15th cent.), Portuguese metáfora (15th cent.).The β. forms are after classical Latin metaphora. 1. A figure of speech in which a name or descriptive word or phrase is transferred to an object or action different from, but analogous to, that to which it is literally applicable; an instance of this, a metaphorical expression. Cf. metonymy n., simile n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > metaphor figure1435 transumptionc1449 metaphora1500 tropology1519 translation1534 inversion1538 transport1589 tralation1620 iconism1656 tralatition1864 α. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 63 (MED) Thei made theire bokis to many men ful derk, In poyses, parabols, & in methaphoris alle-so, which to scolers causith peyne and wo. 1533 King Henry VIII in Wotton Lett. (1654) Suppl. 8 And rather then men would note a lye when they know what is meant, they will sooner by allegory or metaphor draw the word to the truth. 1555 E. Bonner Certaine Homelyes 71* Chryste alwayes in hys speakynge dyd vse fygures, metaphores and tropes. 1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Collingbourne xxxvii These metafors I vse with other more. 1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte 861 Mens words are Metaphors, it makes no matter. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. ix. 247 An horn is the hieroglyphick of authority, power, & dignity, and in this Metaphor is often used in Scripture. View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 339 Men will embrace Metaphors and Allegories, fancies and forms of Speech, instead of the Substance of true and real Righteousness. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No 289 ¶8 Those beautiful Metaphors in Scripture, where Life is termed a Pilgrimage. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iii. 176 No author ever adorned a scientifical treatise with so many beautiful metaphors. 1783 H. Blair Lect. Rhetoric I. xv. 313 If the resemblance..be long dwelt upon, and carried into all its minute circumstances we make an allegory instead of a metaphor... This is called straining a Metaphor. 1841 R. C. Trench Parables (1877) i. 9 The allegory stands to the metaphor,..in the same relation that the parable does to the..simile. 1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. xvi. 301 The metaphor of the poet is perfectly true in fact, for life is a stage. 1929 I. A. Richards Pract. Criticism iii. i. 187 A poet..may, by metaphor and otherwise, present objects for thought which are logically quite irrelevant. 1952 R. A. Knox Hidden Stream iv. 33 It is a metaphor if you describe Oxford as a hive of industry, or some of its inhabitants as drones. 1992 J. Peters & J. Nichol Tornado Down viii. 64 ‘Peeling the Onion’ was the metaphor some people in the military used to describe..the stripping away of the successive layers of the Iraqi defences. β. a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.v^v In this processe, Parrot nothing hath surmysed No matter pretendyd, nor nothyng enterprysed But that metaphora, alegoria with all Shall be his protectyon, his pauys, and his wall.1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Ciiii^v Metaphora..a worde translated from the thynge that it properlye signifieth.1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. M3^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Metaphora, which is when a word from the proper or right signification is transferred to another neere vnto the meaning.1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 423 Better then Greeke with her..Fit Epithetes, and fine Metaphoraes.1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 175 The Metaphora, which is so frequent with them,..is it not an imposture? 2. Something regarded as representative or suggestive of something else, esp. as a material emblem of an abstract quality, condition, notion, etc.; a symbol, a token. Frequently with for, of. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol tokeningc888 tokenc890 print1340 bannerc1380 signingc1390 signala1393 signc1400 similitude?c1400 type?a1500 sacrament1534 resemblance1548 adumbration1552 character1569 picture1580 symbol1590 moral?1594 attribute1600 symbolization1603 allegory1606 emblema1616 hieroglyph1646 simile1682 documentor1684 symptoma1687 monument1728 metaphor1836 presentation1866 symbolisms1876 ideogram1897 picture message1912 figura1959 1836 R. W. Emerson Nature iv. 41 Parts of speech are metaphors because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind. 1864 W. Arnot Parables Our Lord iv. 119 The serpent, as a metaphor, was in practice as completely thirled to the indication of evil, as leaven had been. 1881 H. James Washington Square xxxii. 241 If your leg is a metaphor for young Townsend, I can assure you he has never been crushed... He is alive and perfectly intact. 1909 J. London in Sat. Evening Post 22 May 3/1 North of the Slot were the theaters, hotels, and shopping district... South of the Slot were the factories, slums,..and the abodes of the working class. The Slot was the metaphor that expressed the class cleavage of Society. 1962 Times 20 Dec. 11/1 The great joy of a novelist is that..he can create his own metaphor of the universe. 1984 H. Jacobson Peeping Tom (1985) i. iv. 113 The central metaphor for Tess's confusions is the threshing-machine. 1997 J. Seabrook Deeper viii. 253 The desktop metaphor shifted to the hypertext metaphor, in which work was not filed in stand-alone folders but linked across networks to other pages. Compounds Objective. metaphor-making n. ΚΠ 1889 St. G. Mivart Origin Human Reason 273 This power of metaphor-making. 1992 Eng. Today July 58/2 They show how awareness of metaphor-making can lead to new insights and understandings and help students develop hypotheses and wage arguments. metaphor-monger n. ΚΠ 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 46 These indiscreet and horrid Metaphor-mongers. 1870 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 197/1 He goes over the whole universe to gather images of bigness for your delectation, doing a larger business in mountains, earthquakes, and firmaments than any other metaphor-monger of the day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500
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