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
- As a figure of speech, irony has been widely used beth in literature works and a person's daily conversational speech.
作为一种修辞手法，“反讽”已越来越多地应用于文学作品和人们的日常谈话中。 - 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； - Bourgeois Socialism attains adequate expression, when, and only when, it becomes a mere figure of speech.
资产阶级的社会主义获得足够的表现，当且仅当它变成纯粹的演说辞令的时候。 - 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。 - I thought it was a figure of speech.
我把他的话当作一个比喻。 - Chinese Figure of Speech is an important part of Chinese culture.
汉语修辞是汉文化的重要组成部分之一。 - 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。 - Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
耶稣将这比喻告诉他们。但他们不明白所说的是什么意思。 - 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？ - This essay focuses mainly on the rhetoric function of words and sentences that possess the culture background from three aspects of figure of speech.
本文从譬喻三个方面展现具有文化背景意义的词及句子的修辞作用。