Figurative
[ 'figjurətiv ]
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adj. 比喻的;修饰多的;象征的;呈现的;
📝 例句
"A sweet temper" is a figurative expression, but "sweet coffee" is not.
“温和的性情”的sweet是比喻，但“甜咖啡”的sweet则不是。
Here the word is used in a figurative sense.
这里该字是在比喻的意义上使用的。
The word here is used in its figurative sense.
此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义。
This figurative habit of his mind crippled his judgement.
他思想上的这种爱好比喻的习惯，削弱了他的判断能力。
a figurative use of a word
文字的比喻用法
🌱 联想助记
figure 图形，象征>→用图形来比喻
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
figurative
adj
(abbr 缩写 fig) (of words) used in an imaginative or a metaphorical way rather than literally （指言语）比喻的
`He exploded with rage' shows a figurative use of the verb `to explode'. ｀他肺都气炸了,＇一句中的｀炸＇字是比喻用法.
🔁 扩展释义
*['figjurәtiv]a. 比喻的, 象征的, 修饰丰富的
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I was doing some exercises on the high-and-low bars. When I landed, I fell forward and hurt myself. Someone was standing too close and I knocked into him and fell over onto my shoulder.
我当时在高低杠上练习。落地时向前摔倒受了伤。有人站的离我太近，我撞在他身上，跌了一跤，肩膀也受了伤。
On day Haley met and African who was from Gambia, a small country on the west coast of Africa.
有一天，哈利碰到一位非洲人，他来自冈比亚--非洲西海岸的一个小国。
Now I could see a smaller deer next to the one my brother had pointed to.
现在我可以看见一只更小的鹿，它紧挨着我弟弟指的那一只。