figure of speech

英 [ˌfɪɡər əv ˈspiːtʃ] 美 [ˌfɪɡjər əv ˈspiːtʃ]

n.  修辞格; 修辞手段



牛津词典

noun

  1. 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

    1. N-COUNT 比喻;修辞格
      A figure of speech is 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。

    双语例句

    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。
    2. 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?
    3. Think "broken heart" is just a figure of speech?
      觉得心碎只是一个比喻修辞说法?
    4. 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。
    5. 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。
    6. Using a figure of speech appropriate to her occupation.
      使用比喻乃基于她的职业使然。
    7. 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。
    8. I thought it was a figure of speech.
      我把他的话当作一个比喻。
    9. 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。
    10. 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;
    11. 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。
    12. The teacher used a vivid figure of speech in his talk.
      这位教师在他的谈话中用了一个形象的比喻。
    13. This paper makes an investigation on the basic nature, major characteristics of transferred epithet, and on the principle and techniques of translating this figure of speech from English into Chinese.
      文章重点探讨英语移就格的基本性质、主要特徵及其翻译的原则和方法。
    14. 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。
    15. The twentieth century Chinese rhetoric has made the great achievement of the research to figure of speech, but there are still many problems.
      二十世纪的汉语修辞学在修辞格研究方面是很有成绩的,但是也留下了不少问题。
    16. Hyperbole is a commonly-used figure of speech.
      夸张辞格是一种常用的修辞手法。
    17. 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。
    18. 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?
    19. 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。
    20. 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。
    21. 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」。
    22. 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。
    23. 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。
    24. Analogy is a common rhetorical figure of speech, is an important way of stylistic rhetoric.
      比喻,是修辞学上常见的修辞格之一,是一种重要的文体修辞手法。
    25. 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。
    26. What's the figure of speech of the sentence?
      这句话用了什么修辞格?
    27. 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。
    28. The proper use of this figure of speech can convey strong emotions, creating infinite artistic effects.
      其修辞效果是能传达丰富的情感,产生出无穷的艺术张力。
    29. 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。
    30. 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。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

        Synonym:    tropefigureimage