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

• The teacher used a vivid figure of speech in his talk.
  这位教师在他的谈话中用了一个形象的比喻。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Think "broken heart" is just a figure of speech?
  觉得心碎只是一个比喻修辞说法？
• As a figure of speech, irony has been widely used beth in literature works and a person's daily conversational speech.
  作为一种修辞手法，“反讽”已越来越多地应用于文学作品和人们的日常谈话中。
• 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。
• Using a figure of speech appropriate to her occupation.
  使用比喻乃基于她的职业使然。
• Today," High Mountain and Running Water "is a figure of speech about the bosom friends.
  今天，人们用“高山流水”来比喻知心朋友。
• The proper use of this figure of speech can convey strong emotions, creating infinite artistic effects.
  其修辞效果是能传达丰富的情感，产生出无穷的艺术张力。