figurative

B2 CET-4 大学 FREQ #47331 ★☆☆☆☆

a. 比喻的, 象征的, 修饰丰富的

发音

US /ˈfɪɡəɹətɪv/

词形变化

more figurative 比较级 most figurative 最高级

别名

fig.

教材释义与例句

形容词

比喻的；修饰丰富的；形容多的

释义与例句

adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.

    比喻

    象征

  2. 2.

    Metaphorically so called.

  3. 3.

    With many figures of speech.

  4. 4.

    Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative

  5. 5.

    Representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.

    艺术

    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.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

figural nonliteral

反义词 1

literal

近义相关 10

extended tropical poetic metaphorical analogical metaphoric metonymic metonymical representational synecdochic

参见 1

rhetorical

词源

From Middle French figuratif.

来源：wiktionary