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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
  Synonym:tropefigureimage

双语例句

• 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。
• We request that no flowers be sent. What's the figure of speech of the sentence?
  敬辞花圈〔讣文中用语〕。这句话用了什么修辞格？
• Ask someone if you overuse a word, phrase, or figure of speech.
  问问别人你有没有过度使用一个词、句子、或是修辞。
• Parallelism is the most commonly used English speech in one of the figure of speech.
  排比是演说中英语最常用的修辞格之一。
• In response to this, this article through the contrast analysis based on an example to the figure of speech of the three groups.
  针对这一点，本文就通过对比结合实例来辨析一下这三组修辞格。
• 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。
• Hyperbole is a commonly-used figure of speech.
  夸张辞格是一种常用的修辞手法。
• 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」。
• I thought it was a figure of speech.
  我把他的话当作一个比喻。
• 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。