📝 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

Yes, I'll start work at the Farm Institute next month. I'm looking forward to that. My only regret is that it's quite a long way from all my friends.
是的，下个月我将在农学院工作。我一直盼望得到这份工作。唯一的遗憾是所有朋友都离我太远了。
He did not know from which part of Africa his ancestor had come.
他不知道祖先来自非洲的什么地方。
Did the wagging dance tell the bees how far away the food was?
摇摆舞有没有告诉蜜蜂食物到蜂箱的距离有多远？
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🔤 更多 F 开头的单词

family Celastraceae
family Notoryctidae
feudal lordship
final payment
flakes soap
floating dock
flyways
frags
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