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。
• So we've already seen the trope of the house.
  我们已经看过关于房子的比喻。
• Chapter two provides a summary of trope of English vocabulary.
  第二章是英语词汇转义概述。
• Bride-napping turns out to be a common trope across European countries, with versions in Russia, Germany, and Wales.
  绑架新娘的传统在欧洲比较常见，有俄罗斯、德国、威尔士版等多个版本。
• There is no "Google is doomed" trope.
  世上也不存在“谷歌在劫难逃”的比喻。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Underneath this remarkably enduring and widespread trope lie two assumptions that, in their most primitive form, may trace their roots all the way back to evolutionary biology.
  在这些不同寻常并且广为流传的故事中，存在两个假设，即以最原始的方式，追寻生物进化论的根源。