| 释义 |
literalise
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | literalise - make literal; "literalize metaphors"literalizeconstrue, interpret, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" |
References in periodicals archiveIt's like I bought a can that said "peaches," got peaches in the can, but the can was rusty, so the peaches were, too.
Movies and television have a way of using a soundtrack not just to create a mood but to literalise it.'Proud Mary' has a 'Proud Mary' problemI came to literalise the phrase "you make your bed, and then you lie in it" when I realised that I was going to make my own bed from then on.You'll never finish anything if you don't startIn this context, Yang's work may seem to literalise the cliche that contemporary art is a costly bauble (although at 50,000 [euro] it is not quite in the Koonsian bracket).Art Basel: James Cahill selects his highlights of the fairEncyclopediaSeeliteralliteralise
Synonyms for literaliseverb make literalSynonymsRelated Words |