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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• This essay focuses mainly on the rhetoric function of words and sentences that possess the culture background from three aspects of figure of speech.
  本文从譬喻三个方面展现具有文化背景意义的词及句子的修辞作用。
• The proper use of this figure of speech can convey strong emotions, creating infinite artistic effects.
  其修辞效果是能传达丰富的情感，产生出无穷的艺术张力。
• I thought it was a figure of speech.
  我把他的话当作一个比喻。
• As used in an academic paper about a literary phenomenon, the figure of speech denotes futility.
  在学术文章的文学应用上，此惯用语比喻为「徒劳无功、浪费气力」。
• 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？