英语词汇“figure”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a number symbol, esp an Arabic one

a salary running into six figures

(in pl) arithmetical calculations

a written or printed character

value, esp as expressed in numbers

was sold for a low figure

bodily shape or form, esp a slim shape

a slender figure

a personage or personality

great political figures

a representative or substitute

a father figure

the graphic representation of a human or animal form

a diagram or pictorial illustration in a text

a geometrical diagram or shape

an appearance made; an impression produced, esp a favourable one

cut quite a figure

a series of movements in a dance

an outline representation of a form traced by a series of evolutions, e.g. by a skater on an ice surface

an intentional deviation from the usual form or syntactic relation of words

an often repetitive pattern in a manufactured article, e.g. cloth, or natural substance, e.g. wood

a short musical phrase

in logic, the form of a syllogism with respect to the position of the middle term of the two premises

[Middle English via Old French from Latin figura, from fingere to form]

to calculate (a sum, etc)

chiefly NAmer, informal to conclude or decide (something)

He figured there was no use in further effort

chiefly NAmer, informal to regard or consider (something)

to represent (somebody or something) by or as if by a figure or outline; to portray (them or it)

to decorate (something, e.g. music) with a pattern

in music, to write figures over or under (the bass) in order to indicate the accompanying chords

verb intrans

(often + in) to take an esp important or conspicuous part

to calculate

informal to seem reasonable or expected

chiefly NAmer, informal to regard or consider (something)

to represent (somebody or something) by a figure or outline; to portray

figure on

NAmer, informal to take (something) into consideration, e.g. in planning

Figure on $200 a month extra income