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
- 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。 - 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」。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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； - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？