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。
• The trope of sight is obviously extremely important here.
  对视力的比喻在这里非常的重要。
• ( rhetoric) characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense.
  （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。
• If the most common trope in fiction in the past 10 years has been the "9/ 11 novel," we may now be seeing the beginnings of the next wave: Stories of success ( or at least the hunt for it) in Asia.
  如果说过去10年以来，小说中最常见的隐喻是“911小说”，我们现在或许正在目睹下一波潮流的开始：亚洲的成功故事（或者至少是追逐成功的故事）。
• 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。
• The trope phenomenon is a complex problem in semantic system.
  转义现象本身是语义系统中较为复杂和难于理解的问题。
• So we've already seen the trope of the house.
  我们已经看过关于房子的比喻。
• Chapter four analyzes the context effect on trope.
  第四章分析了语境对英语词汇转义的作用。
• Trope believes the shift in my mind occurred when dropping prices suddenly made a big-screen TV a real possibility for me.
  特罗普认为，当价格骤降让拥有一台大屏幕电视突然成为切实的可能时，我的反应发生了变化。
• Trope is a kind of figure of speech most frequently used in English as well as other languages.
  比喻存在于一切语言之中，也是英语常见的修辞方式之一，可以分为明喻和暗喻两大类。