It turns out Levy is talking in metaphorical terms...

Metaphorical expressions in songs may be divided into two types: sentential metaphor and discourse metaphor.

歌词创作中的隐喻有两种类型,修辞句式隐喻和文学整体隐喻.

metaphorical language

比喻的语言

his need to escape from the metaphorical chains that held him

他挣脱束缚在身上的那些无形锁链的需要

But does an author leave a metaphorical fingerprint on the book?

那么,一名作家是否会在其著作上留下一枚隐性指纹?

Yang's photos and paintings are highly metaphorical.

杨勇的摄影和油画是高度隐喻性的.

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。

One of them is the Metaphorical Thought theory by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson.

其一是GeorgeLakoff和MarkJohnson的人类隐喻性思维理论.

It indicates that metaphorical representation of time and thought are the result of prehuman cognition.

这表明时间隐喻表征和思维是人类泛认知力的结果.

It is a common word, but I am not sure about its metaphorical meaning.

这个词很常见, 但我不清楚它的比喻义.

In a metaphorical sense, different functions of the brain take place in different rooms.

从隐喻的意义上来看, 不同的大脑功能在不同的地方起作用.

The writer indulged in metaphorical language.

这位作家迷恋于隐喻性的语言.

So, in a metaphorical sense, entropy is arrow of time.

所以说, 我们可以这样作个比喻:熵像是时间之矢.

Noun Metaphor covers a large proportion of the metaphorical use.

名词性隐喻是使用频率最大的一种隐喻.

These systems include the additive and subtractive color wheels , are addressed as metaphorical maps of color.

这些色彩体系包括色环的加减, 都标于色彩的隐晦图.

Human thought is thus a metaphorical process.

因此人类的思维同样是隐喻过程.

In the aspect of language philosophy, image is a kind of metaphorical discourse.

在语言哲学层面, 意象是一种隐喻的话语方式.

The word has a metaphorical as well as a literal meaning.

这个单词除了字面意思还有一层比喻意思。

There are also surrealist images and metaphorical myths.

还有些超现实影像和隐喻.

Here, then, we have a metaphorical substitution on a metonymic axis.

这样, 我们在换喻(者翻译为转喻,一种以部分代替整体的修辞方法)上就有了一个隐喻的替代.

Analyzing examples of metaphorical translation author tries to sum up the possible solutions in metaphorical translation.

本文通过分析杨宪益翻译的《红楼梦》中的一些具体实例,试图归纳总结翻译比喻时的一些方法.