明喻是將具有***性的不同事物作對比.這種***性存在於人們的心裏,而不是事物的自然屬性.
標誌詞常用 like, as, seem, as if, as though, similar to, such as等.
例如:
1>.He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
2>.I wandered lonely as a cloud.
3>.Einstein only had a blanket on, as if he had just walked out of a fairy tale.
2.Metaphor 隱喻,暗喻
隱喻是簡縮了的明喻,是將某壹事物的名稱用於另壹事物,通過比較形成.
例如:
1>.Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
2>.Some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
3.Metonymy 借喻,轉喻
借喻不直接說出所要說的事物,而使用另壹個與之相關的事物名稱.
I.以容器代替內容,例如:
1>.The kettle boils. 水開了.
2>.The room sat silent. 全屋人安靜地坐著.
II.以資料.工具代替事物的名稱,例如:
Lend me your ears, please. 請聽我說.
III.以作者代替作品,例如:
a complete Shakespeare 莎士比亞全集
VI.以具體事物代替抽象概念,例如:
I had the muscle, and they made money out of it. 我有力氣,他們就用我的力氣賺錢.
4.Synecdoche 提喻
提喻用部分代替全體,或用全體代替部分,或特殊代替壹般.
例如:
1>.There are about 100 hands working in his factory.(部分代整體)
他的廠裏約有100名工人.
2>.He is the Newton of this century.(特殊代壹般)
他是本世紀的牛頓.
3>.The fox goes very well with your cap.（整體代部分）
這狐皮圍脖與妳的帽子很相配.