figure of speech 详细解释

figure of speech

修辞的说法, 比喻的说法

词形变化

名词复数: figures of speech |

英英释义

名词 figure of speech:

language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

同义词:trope, figure, image

补充

figure of speechfigure of speech1.修辞格,比喻

例句

1. Jane decided to eliminate all figures of speech from her writing and only use words in their literal senses.简决定去掉文中所有的修辞用法, 只用词的原意。 2. Of course it wasn't meant as an insult. It was just a figure of speech.当然, 这么说并不是要侮辱谁, 只是打个比方。 3. “You are the apple of my eye” is a figure of speech.“你是我的掌上明珠”是一个比喻。