literal

['litərəl]

adj.逐字的, 字面上的, 文字的
n.错误字体

a.

1. 照字面的; 原义的

What is the literal meaning of the word?

这个字的原义是什么?

2. 如实的, 不夸张的

3. 逐字的

This is a literal translation from French.

这是从法文直译过来的。

4. 缺乏想像力的; 刻板的

A literal man cannot be an artist.

缺乏想像力的人不可能成为艺术家。

5. 字母的[Z]

词形变化

名词: literalness |

词义辨析

同义:

a.逐字的, 确实的, 真实的, 可信的

word-for-word  verbatim  literatim  accurate  faithful  undeviating  explicit  express  unambiguous  factual  true-to-life  realistic  credible  believable  exact  real  true

a.客观的, 朴实的

objective  unbiased  unprejudiced  undistorted  unwarped  plain  pure  unexaggerated  actual

a.刻板的, 缺乏想像的

literal-minded  matter-of-fact  prosaic  unimaginative  dull  boring  colourless  vapid  humdrum  tedious  tiresome  uninteresting  simple-minded

a.真正的, 实在的

veritable  real  authentic  

同义参见:

strict  

反义参见:

figurative  

英英释义

名词 literal:

a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

同义词：misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error

形容词 literal:

being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

同义词：actual, genuine, real

without interpretation or embellishment

limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text

avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)

补充

literalliteral英:[ˈlitərəl] 美:[ˈlɪtərəl]adj.1.照字面的, 原义的The literal meaning of the word “cat” is an animal.“猫”一词的本义是动物。2.逐字的He made a literal interpretation.他逐字解释。

例句

1. People there are fighting, in a literal sense, for their homes.那里的人是真刀真枪地在为家园而斗争。 2. Dennis is a very literal person.丹尼斯是个极乏味的人。 3. He was saying no more than the literal truth.他说的全都是事实。 4. dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread.真的很可怕，可怕极了。 5. you shouldn't take this as a literal record of events.你不该把它当成对事情的如实记录。 6. fifteen years of literal hell.简直就像地狱般的15年。 7. literal mnemonics.字母助记法。 8. The adjective ‘big-headed’ is hardly ever used in its literal sense.big-headed这个形容词的本义几乎不用。 9. I was using the word in its literal sense.我用的是这个词的本义。 10. "The literal meaning of “know your ropes” is “to know a lot about ropes,” while figuratively it means “to know a lot about how to do something.”"*know your ropes的字面意思是“很会运用绳索”，而它的比喻义则指“做事很有窍门”。 11. a literal translation of a book一本书的直译 12. "The story he told was basically true, even if it wasn't the literal truth."他讲的事，即便不是确切的事实，但也基本属实。 13. He was a very literal [=literal-minded] man.他是个很缺乏想象力的人。