| 单词 | figurative |
| 释义 | figurative —figuratively, adv. —figurativeness, n. /fig"yeuhr euh tiv/, adj. 1. of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, esp. a metaphor; metaphorical; not literal: a figurative expression. 2. metaphorically so called: His remark was a figurative boomerang. 3. abounding in or fond of figures of speech: Elizabethan poetry is highly figurative. 4. representing by means of a figure or likeness, as in drawing or sculpture. 5. representing by a figure or emblem; emblematic. [1350-1400; ME < LL figurativus (see FIGURATE, -IVE); r. ME figuratif < MF] Syn. 3. ornate, ornamental, flowery, elaborate, florid, grandiloquent. |
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