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。 - 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。 - 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? - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I thought it was a figure of speech.
我把他的话当作一个比喻。 - 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。 - 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。