metaphorically

🇬🇧/ˌmetəˈfɒrɪkli/ 🇺🇸/ˌmetəˈfɔːrɪkli/📚 17183
in a metaphorical manner; "she expressed herself metaphorically"

adverb [方式副词]隐喻地;用比喻

You're speaking metaphorically, I hope.
我希望你是在打比方。

metaphorically

-ally ⌜ 以某种方式 - in a manner of ~ ⌟
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I'll leave you in Robin's capable hands— metaphorically speaking , of course! 我要把你放到罗宾能干的手中—当然,这只是打个比方。
Used metaphorically, the juxtaposed terms connote specific or essential traits of the being they refer to, introducing a mode of poetry as an almost habitual form of expression. 用比喻的方式,并列的术语隐含着它们所指称的存在的具体或本质的特征,引入了一种诗歌的模式作为习惯性的表达形式。