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

• On the Rhetorical Feature and Cultural Connotation of English Idioms ( rhetoric) characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense.
  论英语习语的修辞格应用及文化意义（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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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
• There is no "Google is doomed" trope.
  世上也不存在“谷歌在劫难逃”的比喻。
• Rhetoricians regard English rhetorical questions as a trope to realize persuasion while grammarians center on describing grammatical transmutation and transformational generation of English rhetorical questions.
  修辞学家将英语修辞问句作为一种能起到说服效果的修辞格。语法学家致力于描述英语修辞问句语法嬗变和转换生成。
• 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。
• 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 age old school/ teacher/ studying trope ranked number one.
  老学校、老师、学习相关内容位列榜首。