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喻
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Definitions
- 1. to describe sth as
- 2. an analogy
- 3. a simile
- 4. a metaphor
- 5. an allegory
Example Sentences
1 shown不言而 喻 。
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Words Containing 喻
analogy
synecdoche
parable
to reason with sb
simile
oxymoron
figurative meaning (of a word)
to use sth as a metaphor
to compare
to refer to oneself as
computer metaphor
to inform
metaphor
inexpressible (idiom)
understood by everyone (idiom); well known
it goes without saying; it is self-evident
to borrow the past as a model for the present
metonymy
see 諷喻|讽喻[fěng yù]
(idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
metaphor
to describe; to put into words
metonymy