figurative

Word family nounfigurabilityfigurantfigurationfigurativenessfigurinefiguristfigureheadfigure of speechfigure skatingfigureworkfigureadjectivefigurablefiguralfiguratefigurativefiguredadverbfiguratively

Related topics: Visual, Linguistics

fig·u·ra·tive /ˈfɪɡjərətɪv, -ɡə-/ adjectiveadj

1 EXACTa figurative word or phrase is used in a different way from its usual meaning, to give you a particular idea or picture in your mind 比喻的，借喻的 → literal

He’s my son, in the figurative sense of the word.

打个比方，他就像是我的儿子。

2. technicalAV figurative art shows objects, people, or the countryside as they really look 〔艺术〕形象的 → abstract

—figuratively adverbadv

They have a taste – figuratively speaking – for excitement.

用个形象的说法，刺激合他们的“口味”。

Examples from the Corpus

figurative• Certainly the titles encourage the spectator to identify some forms as almost figurative.• Where he is abstract and geometric, she is figurative and expressionist.• What then did the figurative artists depict?• The essence of realism, it is not merely figurative but meticulously mimetic.• Rolle can only talk about it in figurative terms.

in the figurative sense• Miracle in the figurative sense, since although we do not know how cells evolved, quite plausible scenarios have been proposed.

单词	figurative
释义	figurative Word family nounfigurabilityfigurantfigurationfigurativenessfigurinefiguristfigureheadfigure of speechfigure skatingfigureworkfigureadjectivefigurablefiguralfiguratefigurativefiguredadverbfiguratively Related topics: Visual, Linguistics fig·u·ra·tive /ˈfɪɡjərətɪv, -ɡə-/ ●○○ adjectiveadj 1 EXACTa figurative word or phrase is used in a different way from its usual meaning, to give you a particular idea or picture in your mind 比喻的，借喻的 → literal He’s my son, in the figurative sense of the word. 打个比方，他就像是我的儿子。 2. technicalAV figurative art shows objects, people, or the countryside as they really look 〔艺术〕形象的 → abstract —figuratively adverbadv They have a taste – figuratively speaking – for excitement. 用个形象的说法，刺激合他们的“口味”。 Examples from the Corpus figurative• Certainly the titles encourage the spectator to identify some forms as almost figurative.• Where he is abstract and geometric, she is figurative and expressionist.• What then did the figurative artists depict?• The essence of realism, it is not merely figurative but meticulously mimetic.• Rolle can only talk about it in figurative terms. in the figurative sense• Miracle in the figurative sense, since although we do not know how cells evolved, quite plausible scenarios have been proposed.
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