单词 | figment of one's imagination |
释义 | figment of one's imaginationSomething made up, invented, or fabricated, as in “The long dishevelled hair, the swelled black face, the exaggerated stature were figments of imagination” (Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847). This term is redundant, since figment means “product of the imagination.” [Early 1800s] Words nearby figment of one's imaginationfight tooth and nail, figjam, fig leaf, fig marigold, figment, figment of one's imagination, Figueres, figuline, figural, figurant, figurante The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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