| 单词 | figure of speech |
| 释义 | figure of speech (once / 6241 pages) n A figure of speech is a phrase or saying that's not literal, like saying someone who died "kicked the bucket." Language is full of terms, phrases, and sayings that might seem odd if you don't already know what they mean. When you say you're hungry enough to eat a horse, it's doubtful you mean that literally: it's just a figure of speech. When you say it's raining cats and dogs, pets aren't falling from the sky: it's a figure of speech. English is full of figures of speech, which are definitely not a case of language going to the dogs. WORD FAMILYfigure of speech: figures of speech USAGE EXAMPLESFigures of speech are often introduced by “like” or “as.” The New Yorker(Nov 23, 2016) An employee’s writing style or figures of speech could also be giveaways. Salon(Nov 08, 2016) Perhaps that was more of a figure of speech, but the intention was to very shortly start a search. Seattle Times(Nov 03, 2016) n language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense Syn|Hypo|Hyper figure, image, trope conceit an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things ironya trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs exaggeration, hyperboleextravagant exaggeration kenningconventional metaphoric name for something, used especially in Old English and Old Norse poetry metaphora figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity metonymysubstituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads') oxymoronconjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') personification, prosopopoeiarepresenting an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature similea figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as') synecdochesubstituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa zeugmause of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one dramatic irony(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play dead metaphor, frozen metaphora metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake') mixed metaphora combination of two or more metaphors that together produce a ridiculous effect synesthetic metaphora metaphor that exploits a similarity between experiences in different sense modalities metalepsissubstituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another syllepsisuse of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one rhetorical device a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
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