📝 例句

"A sweet temper" is a figurative expression, but "sweet coffee" is not.
“温和的性情”的sweet是比喻，但“甜咖啡”的sweet则不是。
Here the word is used in a figurative sense.
这里该字是在比喻的意义上使用的。
The word here is used in its figurative sense.
此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义。
This figurative habit of his mind crippled his judgement.
他思想上的这种爱好比喻的习惯，削弱了他的判断能力。
a figurative use of a word
文字的比喻用法

🌱 联想助记

figure 图形，象征>→用图形来比喻

✅ 同义词

metaphoric metaphorical representational representative symbolic descriptive emblematic emblematical enigmatic allegoric allegorical

🔴 反义词

textual textuary actual

📖 牛津释义

figurative adj (abbr 缩写 fig) (of words) used in an imaginative or a metaphorical way rather than literally （指言语）比喻的 `He exploded with rage' shows a figurative use of the verb `to explode'. ｀他肺都气炸了,＇一句中的｀炸＇字是比喻用法.

🔁 扩展释义

*['figjurәtiv]a. 比喻的, 象征的, 修饰丰富的

📖 同为「公共英语」词汇

grope vi. 触摸，试探着前进;探索，摸索; vt. 摸索（路）;<俚>抚摸身体; n. 摸索，探索;
colt n. 小雄马;
aspire vi. 渴望，立志，追求;〈诗，古〉登，升，高耸;
mistrust vt.&vi. 不信任;怀疑; n. 不信任;
legacy n. 遗产;遗赠;
girdle n. （支持四肢的）带;腰带;环形物;妇女紧身褡; vt. 围绕，包围;
tutorial n. 个别辅导时间;教程，辅导材料;使用说明书;辅导课; adj. 导师的;私人教师的;辅导的;
overturn vt.& vi. （使）翻倒; vt. 使垮台，推翻;撤销（判决等）; n. 推翻，垮台;瓦解;灭亡，毁灭;
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🗣️ 情景例句

According to the law, Shylock may have a pound of flesh to be cut off by him nearest to Antonio's heart.
根据法律，夏洛克可以得到一磅肉，由他从最靠近安东尼奥心脏的部位割下来。
His newspaper provided him with some money in order that he might travel to Gambia for his research.
他的报社给他提供了一些资金，以便他可以去冈比亚进行研究。
We collected more wood and laid it in a big pile inside the cave.
我们捡了更多的木柴，在山洞里把它堆成大大的一堆。
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🔤 更多 F 开头的单词

fall prone
family Vombatidae
festivities
final selection board
FLAGDIR
flews
foramen
four-bit slice micropocessor
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