a conceit may be a brief metaphor, but it usually provides the framework for an entire poem. an especially unusual and intellectual kind of conceit is the metaphysical conceit.
它虽被视为是一种隐喻,但是它往往构建了整首诗的框架,最为奇特的应属玄学诗里面的。
with a conceit as simple as it is bold, whitehead's brave, necessary novel imagines a slave fleeing north on a literal underground railroad — complete with locomotives, boxcars and conductors.
凭借一个既单纯又大胆的形象,怀特黑德想象出了一个奴隶借助地下铁路逃往北方的故事。铁路上还有火车头、火车车厢和列车长。
he took such a conceit upon that he must needs be showing his parts upon a public theatre, where he performed so very ill, that the auditory hissed him off the stage, and threw stones at him.
他对误以为真,觉得自己必须在剧院里向公众一展他的歌喉。 但是,他演唱得非常糟糕,观众把他嘘下了台,还向他扔石头。