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单词 figure of speech
释义
figure of speech
noun[C]
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/ˌfɪɡ.ər əv ˈspiːtʃ/us
/ˌfɪɡ.jʊr əv ˈspiːtʃ/
pluralfigures of speech
anexpressionthat uses words tomeansomething different fromtheirordinarymeaning:
修辞格；修辞手段；比喻
"Break aleg" is afigureofspeech,meaning"goodluck".“断一条腿”是一种修辞手法，意思是“祝你好运”。
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Figurative use of language
  • a metaphor forsomethingidiom
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  • allusion
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  • anthropomorphize
  • fig
  • figurative
  • idiom
  • metaphor
  • metaphorical
  • metonymy
  • mix
  • mixed metaphor
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  • non-metaphorical
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(Definition offigure of speechfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

a figure of speech| American Dictionary

a figure of speech

idiom
anexpressionthat uses words tomeansomething different than what they usuallymean:
You usually use the figure ofspeech"breakaleg" towishactorsgoodluck.
(Definition ofa figure of speechfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffigure of speech

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The title refers both to 'hyperbolae' as geometric design and as afigureofspeech.
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The syntax of "as" is thefigureofspeechknown as simile.
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An oxymoron is afigureofspeechthat combines two contradictory terms.
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A metaphor is a "figureofspeech" in which a term is detached from what it normally designates and transferred, implicitly or by analogy, to another object.
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All this is reallyfigureofspeech.
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That is not just afigureofspeech.
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And that is not afigureofspeech.
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It is no merefigureofspeechto say that.
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I hope he will accept that that was afigureofspeech.
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It is of no use talking and imagining that it is only afigureofspeech.
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That is not a merefigureofspeech: their health has been ruined.
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I am an orator, and you are not, and there is a well-knownfigureofspeechcalled hyperbole.
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I do not use it as afigureofspeech.
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I am using afigureofspeechto demonstrate the seriousness of the issue.
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I hope that it was afigureofspeech.
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