| 单词 | figure of speech |
| 释义 | figure of speechSEE SYNONYMS FOR figure of speech ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural figures of speech.Rhetoric.any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect.Compare trope (def. 1). Origin of figure of speechFirst recorded in 1815–25 Words nearby figure of speechfigurehead, figure in, figure of eight, figure-of-eight bandage, figure of merit, figure of speech, figure on, figure out, figure skate, figure skating, figure up Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for figure of speechfigure of speech nounan expression of language, such as simile, metaphor, or personification, by which the usual or literal meaning of a word is not employed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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