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

• 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。
• What's the figure of speech of the sentence?
  这句话用了什么修辞格？
• 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。
• Hyperbole is a commonly-used figure of speech.
  夸张辞格是一种常用的修辞手法。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The twentieth century Chinese rhetoric has made the great achievement of the research to figure of speech, but there are still many problems.
  二十世纪的汉语修辞学在修辞格研究方面是很有成绩的，但是也留下了不少问题。
• 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」。
• 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。