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
- 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。 - I thought it was a figure of speech.
我把他的话当作一个比喻。 - 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。 - 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。 - Think "broken heart" is just a figure of speech?
觉得心碎只是一个比喻修辞说法？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。