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

• Today," High Mountain and Running Water "is a figure of speech about the bosom friends.
  今天，人们用“高山流水”来比喻知心朋友。
• Transferred epithet is a very figure of speech of great importance in language use.
  移就是语言使用中一个重要的修辞格。
• Using a figure of speech appropriate to her occupation.
  使用比喻乃基于她的职业使然。
• 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。
• 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。
• I thought it was a figure of speech.
  我把他的话当作一个比喻。
• 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。
• The teacher used a vivid figure of speech in his talk.
  这位教师在他的谈话中用了一个形象的比喻。
• Ask someone if you overuse a word, phrase, or figure of speech.
  问问别人你有没有过度使用一个词、句子、或是修辞。
• Hyperbole is a commonly-used figure of speech.
  夸张辞格是一种常用的修辞手法。