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

• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Could the graveyard shift be more than a figure of speech?
  夜班被比喻为墓地轮班，应该不仅仅只是一个修辞比喻而已吧？
• I thought it was a figure of speech.
  我把他的话当作一个比喻。