figurative 音标拼音: [f'ɪgjɚətɪv]
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figurative 象徵
figurative 象徵
figurative adj 1 : (
used of the meanings of words or text )
not literal ;
using figures of speech ; "
figurative language " [
synonym :
{
figurative }, {
nonliteral }] [
ant : {
literal }]
2 :
consisting of or forming human or animal figures ; "
a figural design "; "
the figurative art of the humanistic tradition "-
Herbert Read [
synonym : {
figural }, {
figurative }]
Figurate \
Fig "
ur *
ate \,
a . [
L .
figuratus ,
p .
p .
of figurare .
See {
Figure }.]
1 .
Of a definite form or figure .
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1913 Webster ]
Plants are all figurate and determinate ,
which inanimate bodies are not . --
Bacon .
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2 .
Figurative ;
metaphorical . [
Obs .] --
Bale .
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3 . (
Mus .)
Florid ;
figurative ;
involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony ;
as ,
figurate counterpoint or descant .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Figurate counterpoint }
or {
Figurate descant } (
Mus .),
that which is not simple ,
or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone ,
but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony ;
--
called also {
figural }, {
figurative },
and {
figured counterpoint }
or {
descant } (
although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony ).
{
Figurate numbers } (
Math .),
numbers ,
or series of numbers ,
formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit ,
and the difference a whole number ,
by taking the first term ,
and the sums of the first two ,
first three ,
first four ,
etc .,
as the successive terms of a new series ,
from which another may be formed in the same manner ,
and so on ,
the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures ,
as triangles ,
squares ,
pentagons ,
etc .
Note :
In the following example ,
the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers ,
those in the second line being triangular ,
and represented thus :
.
1 ,
2 ,
3 ,
4 ,
etc . . . .
1 ,
3 ,
6 ,
10 ,
etc . . . . . . .
.
etc .
1 ,
4 ,
10 ,
20 ,
etc . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1913 Webster ]
Figurative \
Fig "
ur *
a *
tive \,
a . [
L .
figurativus :
cf .
F .
figuratif .
See {
Figurative }.]
1 .
Representing by a figure ,
or by resemblance ;
typical ;
representative .
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1913 Webster ]
This ,
they will say ,
was figurative ,
and served ,
by God '
s appointment ,
but for a time ,
to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity . --
Hooker .
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2 .
Used in a sense that is tropical ,
as a metaphor ;
not literal ; --
applied to words and expressions .
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3 .
Abounding in figures of speech ;
flowery ;
florid ;
as ,
a highly figurative description .
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4 .
Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing ,
carving ,
etc .
See {
Figure },
n .,
2 .
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They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts ,
and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form . --
J .
A .
Symonds .
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{
Figurative counterpoint }
or {
Figurative descant }.
See under {
Figurate }. -- {
Fig "
ur *
a *
tive *
ly },
adv . --
{
Fig "
ur *
a *
tive *
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
147 Moby Thesaurus words for "
figurative ":
adorned ,
algorismic ,
algorithmic ,
aliquot ,
allegoric ,
allegorical ,
allusive ,
anagogic ,
apish ,
associational ,
befrilled ,
cardinal ,
colored ,
connotational ,
connotative ,
decimal ,
decorated ,
definable ,
delineatory ,
demonstrative ,
denominative ,
denotational ,
denotative ,
depictive ,
designative ,
diagnostic ,
differential ,
digital ,
echoic ,
embellished ,
emblematic ,
embodying ,
embroidered ,
even ,
evidential ,
exhibitive ,
exponential ,
expressive ,
extended ,
extensional ,
fancy ,
festooned ,
figural ,
figurate ,
figured ,
finite ,
florid ,
flowery ,
fractional ,
full of meaning ,
full of point ,
full of substance ,
graphic ,
identifying ,
ideographic ,
idiosyncratic ,
illustrational ,
illustrative ,
imaginary ,
imitative ,
impair ,
implicative ,
impossible ,
incarnating ,
indicating ,
indicative ,
indicatory ,
individual ,
infinite ,
integral ,
intelligible ,
intensional ,
interpretable ,
irrational ,
limning ,
logarithmic ,
logometric ,
lush ,
luxuriant ,
mannered ,
meaning ,
meaningful ,
meaty ,
metaphorical ,
mimetic ,
mimish ,
naming ,
negative ,
numeral ,
numerary ,
numerative ,
numeric ,
odd ,
onomatopoeic ,
ordinal ,
ornamented ,
ornate ,
overcharged ,
overloaded ,
pair ,
pathognomonic ,
peculiar ,
personifying ,
pictographic ,
pictorial ,
pithy ,
pointed ,
portraying ,
positive ,
possible ,
pregnant ,
prime ,
purple ,
radical ,
rational ,
readable ,
real ,
reciprocal ,
referential ,
representational ,
representative ,
representing ,
semantic ,
semiotic ,
sententious ,
signalizing ,
significant ,
significative ,
signifying ,
simulative ,
submultiple ,
substantial ,
suggestive ,
surd ,
symbolic ,
symbolistic ,
symbolizing ,
symbological ,
symptomatic ,
symptomatologic ,
transcendental ,
transferred ,
trolatitious ,
tropological ,
typical ,
typifying ,
vivid
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