📝 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;
查看全部公共英语词汇 ›

🗣️ 情景例句

Is there anything else I should do?
我还有别的事要做吗？
What shocked him most was that the men who carried him were black.
最使他感到惊奇的是，把他运走的人都是黑人。
North Island is famous for an area of hot springs, some of which throw hot water high into the air.
北岛以其温泉区而闻名，其中有一些温泉将热水高高地喷向空中。
更多情景英语 ›

🔤 更多 F 开头的单词

faceworkers
Fast of Av
ferret sth out
Filicales
first order phase transition
flung [flʌŋ]
fordize
formication sign
全部 F 开头单词 ›