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

• 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」。
• What's the figure of speech of the sentence?
  这句话用了什么修辞格？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。