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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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」。
• 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。
• 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。
• Using a figure of speech appropriate to her occupation.
  使用比喻乃基于她的职业使然。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• I thought it was a figure of speech.
  我把他的话当作一个比喻。