名词

image; metaphor (a form of expression (not using `like' or `as')in which a quality or characteristic is given to a person or thing by using a name, image, adjective etc. normally used of something else which has similar qualities etc. • `He's a tiger when he's angry' is an example of (a) metaphor); figure of speech; trope; simile (A.Rezvov)

媒体

metaphor (напр., построение системы управления файлами по типу конторского скоросшивателя)

文学, 诗歌

figure (метафорическое изображение, символ • Light is used here as a figure of righteousness.)

metaphoric expression (Alex_Odeychuk)

过时/过时

tralatition