在云端中行走——麦凯恩将他的角色交汇的事件，真的稍甚于文化精粹和文学奇喻。
The walk is really little more than a cultural touchstone and a literary conceit, the event around which McCann has assembled his cast.
哈奇纳·基普罗夫医生的名片上，两个橡胶楔让手术效果不言而喻。
Via the use of two rubber inserts, Dr. Hajnal Kiprov’s business card shows the effect of cosmetic surgery. [link]
英国诗人约翰·邓恩是这个流派的代表人物，他因在诗歌中精妙地运用“奇喻”的比喻手法而蜚声文坛。
John Donne is the representative poet of this school and becomes well-known in the literary arena for his subtle use of "conceits" in poetry.
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