figurative

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.
    — The lovers she seems to pursue with her figurative language in fact retreat under the barrage of similes, metaphors and fables.
  2. Metaphorically so called.
  3. With many figures of speech.
  4. Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
    — This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity.
  5. Representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
    — 1875-1886, John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form.

词形变化

more figurative comparative most figurative superlative

词汇关系

反义词
literal
衍生词
figuratively figurativeness nonfigurative semifigurative unfigurative
相关词
figure transferred sense

词源

From Middle French figuratif.
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