| 单词 | figure |
| 释义 | Word Frequency figure(ˈfɪɡə, US English ˈfɪɡjər) noun 1. any written symbol other than a letter, esp a whole number 2. another name for digit (sense 2) 3. an amount expressed numerically a figure of 1800 was suggested 4. (plural) calculations with numbers the candidate must be good at figures 5. visible shape or form; outline 6. the human form, esp as regards size or shape a girl with a slender figure 7. a slim bodily shape (esp in the phrases keep or lose one's figure) 8. a character or personage, esp a prominent or notable one; personality a figure in politics 9. the impression created by a person through behaviour (esp in the phrase to cut a fine, bold, etc, figure) 10. a. a person as impressed on the mind the figure of Napoleon b. (in combination) father-figure 11. a representation in painting or sculpture, esp of the human form 12. an illustration or explanatory diagram in a text 13. a representative object or symbol; emblem 14. a pattern or design, as on fabric or in wood 15. a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating 16. geometry any combination of points, lines, curves, or planes. A plane figure, such as a circle, encloses an area; a solid figure such as a sphere, encloses a volume 17. rhetoric figure of speech 18. logic one of the four possible arrangements of the three terms in the premises of a syllogism Compare mood2 (sense 2)19. music a. a numeral written above or below a note in a part figured bass, thorough bass b. a characteristic short pattern of notes verb 20. (when tr, often foll by up) to calculate or compute (sums, amounts, etc) 21. (tr; usually takes a clause as object) informal, mainly US, Canadian and New Zealand to think or conclude; consider 22. (transitive) to represent by a diagram or illustration 23. (transitive) to pattern or mark with a design 24. (transitive) to depict or portray in a painting, etc 25. (transitive) rhetoric to express by means of a figure of speech 26. (transitive) to imagine 27. (transitive) music a. to decorate (a melody line or part) with ornamentation b. to provide figures above or below (a bass part) as an indication of the accompanying harmonies required figured bass, thorough bass 28. (intransitive; usually foll by in) to be included his name figures in the article 29. (intransitive) informal to accord with expectation; be logical it figures that he wouldn't come 30. go figure Derived forms figureless (ˈfigureless) adjective figurer (ˈfigurer) noun Word origin C13: from Latin figūra a shape, from fingere to mould |
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