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

单词	literal
释义	lit·er·al I. \ˈlid.ərəl, ˈlitər-, ˈli.trəl\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin litteralis, literalis, from Latin, of a letter, of writing, from littera, litera letter & litterae, literae epistle, writing + -alis -al — more at letter 1. a. : according with the letter of the scriptures < amillennialists recognize the need for literal interpretation — Bibliotheca Sacra > b. : adhering to fact or to the ordinary construction or primary meaning of a term or expression : actual, obvious < the need for a literal breathing spell forces the fish to let go — L.P.Schultz > < a literal solitude like a desert — G.K.Chesterton > < liberty in the literal sense is impossible — B.N.Cardozo > < reactionary in the literal sense of the word, but did not agree … how far back they wanted to go — William Peterson > c. : being without exaggeration or embellishment : plain, unadorned < literal prose > < a love of literal truth — Robert Graves > d. : characterized by a concern mainly with facts : prosaic, unimaginative < the opposite of a liberal education … is a literal education — Sidney Hook > < if a painter tells a story … even the most literal person will have no difficulty in understanding what the artist is trying to say — Huntington Hartford > < statue … dressed as he had been when alive, in accordance with the literal standards of late-century monumental sculpture — J.T.Soby > < a literal and academic reading of a classic score — Virgil Thomson > 2. a. : of, relating to, or expressed in letters < the distress signal SOS has no literal meaning > < literal coefficient > < cryptographic codes may be either literal or numerical > b. : resulting from the mistaken use or omission of a letter < literal error > 3. : reproduced word for word : exact, verbatim < literal translation > II. noun (-s) : a small error usually of a single letter in writing or printing < in setting type, allow enough space so that a line will accommodate any literal the proofreader may find >
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