using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated;
"to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
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This metonymical relationship does not emerge merely between artworks;it also takes place between artwork and reality. 这种转喻的关系，不仅出现于作品与作品之间，也是发生在作品与现实之间。
It is found that they can be categorized into several conceptual metaphors and metonymical principles. 本文对李清照词中的隐喻和转喻进行研究，发现可以将它们归纳为几个隐喻概念和转喻原则。
Thanks to the metaphorical and metonymical mechanisms, the semantic properties of the arguments are extended. 藉由隐喻和转喻机制，双及物结构论元的语义属性得以扩展和延伸。
Metaphorical semantic extension takes place in the course of radiation, while metonymical semantic extension takes place in the course of concatenation. 通过隐喻思维引起的词义延伸主要通过辐射过程来实现，而通过转喻思维引起的词义延伸主要通过链接过程来实现。
On the other hand, there also exists, it is revealed, cultural relativity in the metaphorical and metonymical conceptualization of emotions in English and Chinese. 一方面，英汉语都遵循同一换喻原则：通过情感的生理、心理或行为反应来表达情感。
This paper, lays emphasis on basic standpoints of the cognitive linguistics: the prototype theory, the underlying link between the polysemy of words, the metaphorical and metonymical meaning of words. 本文从认知语言学的基本观点出发，主要从范畴化的原型理论和隐喻和转喻的认知观看词义以及一词多义等现象，从词汇的选择，词义的解释与讲解，词汇的文化内涵和用法，词汇的记忆等几个方面探讨在英语词汇教学中教什么和怎样教等问题；
