英语词汇“figural”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

“a candidate running for office” is just a figural expression

Recent Examples on the Web My Body, showcasing three decades of Grossman’s figural practice, extends to a show of the same name on view at the Chelsea gallery.

Natasha Gural, Forbes, 19 May 2022 Several of the figural depictions show a type of pattern or sash on the torso.

CNN, 4 May 2022 But, almost always, community groups want a figural monument to commemorate someone who is more important to that community.

Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022 The artist provided The Dance and La Musique, massive things though figural and not immersive and not an homage to nature.

Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Feb. 2022 Especially a table lamp, which does double duty as a figural object in conversation with other elements of a room and, of course, as a source of light and warmth.

Ming Thompson, Curbed, 14 July 2021 Pollock is praised for pouring and dripping, as though inviting randomness, but one senses the significant amount of figural underpainting that exists beneath the surface.

Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021 Zach Snyder’s Justice League tried the baroque approach, externalizing heroic virtue in complicated figural relationships, a Burial of Count Orgaz with different capes.

Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2021 Some hilyas were strictly without any figural representation, while others contained a drawing of the Kaaba, the holy shrine in Mecca, or a rose that symbolized the beauty of the prophet.

Suleyman Dost, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin figūrālis "of a figure, symbolic," from Latin figūra "form, shape, figure entry 1" + -ālis -al entry 1

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	figural
释义	figural adjective fig·ur·al ˈfi-g(y)ə-rəl 1 : figurative sense 2a 2 : of, relating to, or consisting of human or animal figures a figural composition Synonyms extended figurative metaphoric metaphorical tropical tropological See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences “a candidate running for office” is just a figural expression Recent Examples on the Web My Body, showcasing three decades of Grossman’s figural practice, extends to a show of the same name on view at the Chelsea gallery. Natasha Gural, Forbes, 19 May 2022 Several of the figural depictions show a type of pattern or sash on the torso. CNN, 4 May 2022 But, almost always, community groups want a figural monument to commemorate someone who is more important to that community. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022 The artist provided The Dance and La Musique, massive things though figural and not immersive and not an homage to nature. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Feb. 2022 Especially a table lamp, which does double duty as a figural object in conversation with other elements of a room and, of course, as a source of light and warmth. Ming Thompson, Curbed, 14 July 2021 Pollock is praised for pouring and dripping, as though inviting randomness, but one senses the significant amount of figural underpainting that exists beneath the surface. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021 Zach Snyder’s Justice League tried the baroque approach, externalizing heroic virtue in complicated figural relationships, a Burial of Count Orgaz with different capes. Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2021 Some hilyas were strictly without any figural representation, while others contained a drawing of the Kaaba, the holy shrine in Mecca, or a rose that symbolized the beauty of the prophet. Suleyman Dost, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin figūrālis "of a figure, symbolic," from Latin figūra "form, shape, figure entry 1" + -ālis -al entry 1 First Known Use 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 figural adjective as in figurative expressing one thing in terms normally used for another "a candidate running for office" is just a figural expression Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance figurative metaphoric metaphorical symbolic symbolical tropological allegorical tropical emblematic emblematical extended Aesopic nonliteral euphemistic catachrestic Aesopian veritable sylleptic catachrestical Antonyms & Near Antonyms literal nonfigurative nonsymbolic nonmetaphorical
随便看	monkey around with something monkey bars monkey bass monkey bear monkey block monkey boat monkey bread monkey bridge monkey business monkey cap monkey fist monkey flower monkey flush monkey foresail monkey gaff monkey grass monkey hammer monkey island monkey jack monkey jacket monkey ladder monkey line brainteaser brainteasers Braintree

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