a figure of speech
基本解释
- 一种修辞手法
- 一个比方
- 一种修辞格
英汉例句
- Think "broken heart" is just a figure of speech? Think again.
觉得“心碎” 只是一个比喻修辞说法？ - In other words you come to understand what language is I figured it out but of course in rhetorical theory figure is precisely a figure of speech.
换句话说，你开始明白了语言的本质,我想通了，但当然，在修辞学理论中,描绘，恰恰指一种比喻。 - That's a figure of speech, of course: There are no iron bars at Halden.
当然，这是个比喻：在哈尔登没有铁栅栏。 - But maybe my saying so is a figure of speech.
NEWYORKER: Lake Water - She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language.
FORBES: Introducing A Science Fiction Book Club - This, though, is just a figure of speech.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot