汉语“巾帼”原为古代妇女戴的头巾和发饰,这里借来指代妇女;“须眉”就是胡须和眉毛,现用来指代男人。此为借事物的明显标记或个体特征代替人。这在修辞上称为“借代”。 英语中与之对应的修辞手法为“Metonym”(借代)。 The Chinese “women” were originally worn by ancient women as headscarves and hair accessories. They are borrowed here to refer to women; “suits” are beards and eyebrows, which are now used to refer to men. This is to replace people by obvious marks or individual characteristics of things. This is called “alternative” in rhetoric. The corresponding rhetoric in English is “Metonym.”