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dead metaphor

/ˈded ˈmet.ə.fɔːr/

翻译: 因长期频繁使用而失去原有形象生动性的隐喻,人们已不再将其视为比喻,而当作字面意义或固定说法来理解。

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/ˈded ˈmet.ə.fɔːr/C1formalart
  • zh因长期频繁使用而失去原有形象生动性的隐喻,人们已不再将其视为比喻,而当作字面意义或固定说法来理解。

A figure of speech that has lost its original imaginative power through overuse, so that it is now perceived as a literal or standard term rather than a vivid comparison.

  1. Lifeless figurative expressionC1formal

    A metaphor that has become so common and conventional that its original figurative meaning is no longer noticed or considered.

    zh死隐喻

    • The phrase 'the leg of a table' is a dead metaphor.
    • 'Time is running out' is a dead metaphor because we don't think of time as a physical runner.
    • 'The heart of the matter' is a dead metaphor; it no longer evokes a literal heart.
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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