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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Using a figure of speech appropriate to her occupation.
使用比喻乃基于她的职业使然。 - 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」。 - 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。 - 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？ - 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。