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
- 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？ - 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。 - Using a figure of speech appropriate to her occupation.
使用比喻乃基于她的职业使然。 - 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。 - I thought it was a figure of speech.
我把他的话当作一个比喻。 - A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as inI could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
一种比喻，使用夸张来强调或产生某种效果，比如在我能睡一年或这书有一吨重中。 - 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」。 - 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。 - Journalistic English; headlines; grammatical characteristics; figure of speech; translation tactics;
新闻英语；标题；语法特点；辞格；翻译策略； - I didn't really mean she was in outer space it's just a figure of speech.
我不是说她真在外层空间&这只是打个比方。