figure of speech 一．Phonetic Stylistic Devices 1. Alliteration Alliteration is the use of several words in close proximity beginning with the same letter or letters.(1) It was a splendid population--- for all the slow, sleepy, sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home. (Neol Grove: Mark Twain...
figure eight- a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose figure of eight knot- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another ...
8、ical figures of speech (使用词汇手段的修辞格): simile, metaphor, personification, etc.n B. Syntactical figures of speech (使用句法手段修辞格): antithesis, parallelism, repetition, etc.n C. Phonetic figures of speech (使用语音手段的修辞格): alliteration , assonance, onomatopoeia etc. More ex...
A figure of speech. Figure (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. Figure (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. Figure (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of ch...
5. The elimination or removal of a part: a cut in a speech. 6. A reduction: a cut in salary. 7. Sports The remainder of contestants in a competition, especially in golf, after some have been eliminated: did very well but still missed the cut. 8. The style in which a garment is...
Lecture four Figure of speech 英语修辞手法 FigureofSpeech 1 Definition Thefiguresofspeecharethevariousrhetoricalusesoflanguage(suchasmetaphor,metonymy,hyperbole,andchiasmus)thatdepartfromcustomaryconstruction,order,orsignificance.修辞手法是通过修饰、调整语句，运用特定的表达形式以提高语言表达作用的方式和方法。2 ...
"Much has been said and written on the utility of newspapers; but one principal advantage which might be derived from these publications has been neglected; we mean that of reading them in schools." The Portland Eastern Herald (June 8, 1795) ...
FigureofSpeech 1 Definition Thefiguresofspeecharethevariousrhetoricalusesof language(suchasmetaphor,metonymy,hyperbole,and chiasmus)thatdepartfromcustomaryconstruction, order,orsignificance. 修辞手法是通过修饰、调整语句,运用特定的表达形式以提高语言表达作用的方式和方法。 2 Simile •Lifeislikeanonion:youpee...
a不出意外的话是十月七日 Does not have the accident the speech is on October 7 [translate] a不正确的事 Not correct matter [translate] aYearns for US 盼望美国 [translate] aStart new life 开始 新 生活 [translate] a因为我相信,世上无难事只怕有心人 Because I believed, in the world does ...
Wildcard characters can be used to help with word games like crosswords and scrabble where only some of the letters are known, or you have to find an anagram, or with spelling. Definitions include synonyms and antonyms which allows the dictionary to also serve as a thesaurus. The speech func...