figure of speech
英 [ˌfɪɡər əv ˈspiːtʃ]
美 [ˌfɪɡjər əv ˈspiːtʃ]
n. 修辞格; 修辞手段
牛津词典
noun
- 修辞格;修辞手段
a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meaning in order to create a particular mental picture or effect
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 比喻;修辞格
Afigure of speechis an expression or word that is used with a metaphorical rather than a literal meaning.- Of course I'm not. It was just a figure of speech.
我当然不是,这不过是打个比方。
- Of course I'm not. It was just a figure of speech.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- Today," High Mountain and Running Water "is a figure of speech about the bosom friends.
今天,人们用“高山流水”来比喻知心朋友。 - This is the figure of speech of "strangeness", adding boundless charm into his works.
这种“陌生化”手法,为其作品增添了无穷的魅力。 - In other words you come to understand what language is I figured it out but of course in rhetorical theory figure is precisely a figure of speech.
换句话说,你开始明白了语言的本质,我想通了,但当然,在修辞学理论中,描绘,恰恰指一种比喻。 - Could the graveyard shift be more than a figure of speech?
夜班被比喻为墓地轮班,应该不仅仅只是一个修辞比喻而已吧? - As used in an academic paper about a literary phenomenon, the figure of speech denotes futility.
在学术文章的文学应用上,此惯用语比喻为「徒劳无功、浪费气力」。 - A fresh, vivid figure of speech appeals to the imagination into a fully play, which can make the writing more impressive and interesting.
一个新奇生动的修辞可以充分激发一个人的想象,使得文章更加有趣和具有感染力。 - Of course I'm not. It was just a figure of speech.
我当然不是,这不过是打个比方。 - Hyperbole is a commonly-used figure of speech.
夸张辞格是一种常用的修辞手法。 - Transferred epithet is a very figure of speech of great importance in language use.
移就是语言使用中一个重要的修辞格。 - Think "broken heart" is just a figure of speech?
觉得心碎只是一个比喻修辞说法?