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

• Parallelism is the most commonly used English speech in one of the figure of speech.
  排比是演说中英语最常用的修辞格之一。
• This is the figure of speech of "strangeness", adding boundless charm into his works.
  这种“陌生化”手法，为其作品增添了无穷的魅力。
• 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。
• Bourgeois Socialism attains adequate expression, when, and only when, it becomes a mere figure of speech.
  资产阶级的社会主义获得足够的表现，当且仅当它变成纯粹的演说辞令的时候。
• This paper makes an investigation on the basic nature, major characteristics of transferred epithet, and on the principle and techniques of translating this figure of speech from English into Chinese.
  文章重点探讨英语移就格的基本性质、主要特徵及其翻译的原则和方法。
• We request that no flowers be sent. What's the figure of speech of the sentence?
  敬辞花圈〔讣文中用语〕。这句话用了什么修辞格？
• Hyperbole is a commonly-used figure of speech.
  夸张辞格是一种常用的修辞手法。
• As a figure of speech, irony has been widely used beth in literature works and a person's daily conversational speech.
  作为一种修辞手法，“反讽”已越来越多地应用于文学作品和人们的日常谈话中。
• Think "broken heart" is just a figure of speech?
  觉得心碎只是一个比喻修辞说法？
• What's the figure of speech of the sentence?
  这句话用了什么修辞格？