unmetaphoricaladj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˌmɛtəˈfɒrᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌənˌmɛdəˈfɔrək(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and metaphorical adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, metaphorical adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + metaphorical adj.

Not metaphorical.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > literal

unfigured1577

unmetaphorical1641

unrhetorical1680

literal1690

unfigurative1780

uncaricatured1880

non-metaphorical1941

1641 E. Kellett Tricoenium Christi iii. v. 588 God hath..given us a power, above Angels and Archangels, in..most powerfull, un-metaphoricall, proper words.

1746 J. Wesley Let. 25 June (1982) II. 199 In as plain and unmetaphorical words as the nature of the thing would bear.

1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xiii. 53 I am got..into a cold unmetaphorical vein of infamous writing.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 26/1 An unmetaphorical style you shall in vain seek for.

1918 A. J. Todd Theories of Social Progress iv. 44 In plain unmetaphorical language they insist that human minds are not separate but interwoven.

2003 Philosophy 78 391 I did my best to give unmetaphorical substance to describing time as composed of units.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmetaphorical
释义	unmetaphoricaladj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˌmɛtəˈfɒrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌənˌmɛdəˈfɔrək(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and metaphorical adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, metaphorical adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + metaphorical adj. Not metaphorical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > literal unfigured1577 unmetaphorical1641 unrhetorical1680 literal1690 unfigurative1780 uncaricatured1880 non-metaphorical1941 1641 E. Kellett Tricoenium Christi iii. v. 588 God hath..given us a power, above Angels and Archangels, in..most powerfull, un-metaphoricall, proper words. 1746 J. Wesley Let. 25 June (1982) II. 199 In as plain and unmetaphorical words as the nature of the thing would bear. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xiii. 53 I am got..into a cold unmetaphorical vein of infamous writing. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 26/1 An unmetaphorical style you shall in vain seek for. 1918 A. J. Todd Theories of Social Progress iv. 44 In plain unmetaphorical language they insist that human minds are not separate but interwoven. 2003 Philosophy 78 391 I did my best to give unmetaphorical substance to describing time as composed of units. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1641
随便看	to work one's full feat to work one's guts out to work one's kind to work one's magic to work one's passage to work one's socks off to work one's soul out to work one's tail off to work one's ticket to work one's way to work one's way through college to work one's way through etc to work one's way through school to work one's way through university to work one's way up to work one's will to work ones tuchus off to work out to work out of a suitcase to work out one's own salvation to work out salvation to work over to work overtime to suck out of one's own finger to suck out of one's own fingers' ends