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

• 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。
• Journalistic English; headlines; grammatical characteristics; figure of speech; translation tactics;
  新闻英语；标题；语法特点；辞格；翻译策略；
• 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？
• 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。
• 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」。
• In response to this, this article through the contrast analysis based on an example to the figure of speech of the three groups.
  针对这一点，本文就通过对比结合实例来辨析一下这三组修辞格。
• 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。
• A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as inI could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton.
  一种比喻，使用夸张来强调或产生某种效果，比如在我能睡一年或这书有一吨重中。
• 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。