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    figurative查询结果如下:

    音标:['fɪɡərətɪv]
    基本释义/说明:adj.比喻的;象征的
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    a.
    ①比喻的;借喻的;富于辞藻的;
    “A sweet temper”is a figurative expression,but “sweet coffee” is not.
    “甜蜜的性格”是比喻的说法,“甜咖啡”则不是.
    ②象征的
    -扩展释义
    adj.
    比喻的,象征的,数字形式的
    The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects,actions,or ideas.
    比喻使用生动或富含比喻的语言描绘物品、行动或思想
    N/A
    a.1.比喻的;象征的,2.(文章等)多比喻的
    The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects,actions,or ideas.
    比喻使用生动或富含比喻的语言描绘物品、行动或思想
    -同义词和反义词

    词性:adjective

    例句1. a figurative expression’

    同义词系列1
    反义词系列1
    -figurative的不同词性形态

    形容词 变体/同根词

    Forming a figure.
    “About 50 paintings comprising, landscape and heritage, culture, figurate art in the exhibition highlighted and depicted the beauty and splendor.”
    “Contemporary and figurate work by Peter Chan and Steve Galloway.”
    “Figurate number is a number which can be represented by a regular geometrical arrangement of equally spaced points.”
    Without a figure or figures (in various senses).
    “She dressed, pulling on the plain white tunic and figureless brown trousers.”
    “She saw herself as a ten-year-old, as skinny and figureless as a stick, with a mop of unruly dark curls atop her head.”
    “The floor has been darkened and Rotman’s figureless photographs are lit from behind.”
    Represented by figure or delineation.
    Characterised as possessing an attractive figure or shape
    “When she opened the door, I saw the most figuresome woman in the world, as Donna had on a long Michael Jordan Nike tee shirt...and that’s all.”
    (of a natural material) Having a pattern considered attractive appearing on a section. || Adorned with a figure or figures.

    名词 变体/同根词

    The property of being figurative.
    One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.
    A small carved or molded figure; a statuette.
    “Workers have uncovered a wattle and daub partition wall in the east wing and a centuries-old figurine.”
    “Behind the girl’s left shoulder a figurine of a horse sits on the window sill.”
    “I definitely won’t look like that flawless female figurine perched on the wedding cake.”
    Decorative figures. || Arithmetic; mathematics done with figures.
    The act of giving figure or determinate form. || Mixture of concords and discords.
    “Several atmospheric abstractions in jewellike reds and blues hint at figuration.”
    “It is as if we are being presented with, in the plinth, the weight of a materiality which has escaped figuration.”
    “Most feature anomalously crude draftsmanship, scabby surfaces and flat-footed figuration.”

    动词 变体/同根词

    To solve a mathematical problem. || To come to understand. || (intransitive) To be reasonable. || (transitive) To enter, be a part of. || (过时的,旧时用法) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape. || To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. || (过时的,旧时用法) To indicate by numerals. || To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. || (过时的,旧时用法) To prefigure; to foreshow. || (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. || (music) To embellish.
    “I figure that a bodybuilder has to eat at least six times a day to grow, which is 42 meals a week.”
    “Often, it’s hard to figure what he’s saying because he likes talking in riddles.”
    “Investors figure that the purchaser will pay a high price for the company.”
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