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

单词

figure-hugging

释义

figure /figˈər, also (N American and dialect) -yər or (old) figˈūr/

noun

The form of anything in outline
Appearance
A shape
A geometrical form
A diagram
A horoscope (Shakespeare)
A design
An illustration
Bodily shape
A human form or representation of it
A personality, personage or character
An impressive, noticeable, important, ludicrous or grotesque person
A written character denoting a number
Amount
Value or price
A deviation from the ordinary mode of expression (rhetoric)
The form of a syllogism with respect to the position of the middle term (logic)
A group of notes felt as a unit (music)
A series of steps or movements in a dance or in skating
An emblem

transitive verb

To make an image of
To represent
To mark with figures or designs
To imagine
To reckon, work out (often with out)
To come to understand (often with out)
To note by figures

intransitive verb

To make figures
To appear as a figure, make an appearance or show
To follow as a logical consequence, be expected (informal)
To form or shape (obsolete)
To symbolize (archaic)
To foreshow (obsolete)

ORIGIN: Fr, from L figūra, from fingere to form

figūrabilˈity noun

The quality of being figurable

figˈūrable adjective

figˈūral adjective

Represented by a figure or figures

figurant /figˈū-rənt/ or figurante /fēg-oo-ränˈtā/ noun (Italy)

A ballet-dancer, one of those who form a background for the solo dancers

figˈūrate adjective

Of a certain definite form
Florid (music)

figūrāˈtion noun

The act of giving figure or form
Representation by or in figures or shapes, esp significant, typical or emblematic figures
A figure of this kind
Ornamentation with a design
Consistent use of a particular melodic or harmonic series of notes (music)
Florid treatment (music)

figˈūrative adjective

Representing by, containing or filled with figures of speech (rhetoric)
Metaphorical
Representing a figure
Emblematic or symbolic
Of a style of painting, sculpture, etc characterized by the realistic depiction of people, objects, etc (as opposed to abstract art)

figˈūratively adverb

figˈūrativeness noun

figˈured /-ərd/ adjective

Having a figure
Marked or adorned with figures
Delineated in a figure
In the form of figures

figˈūrine /-ēn or -ēnˈ/ noun

A small carved or moulded figure

figˈurist noun

A person who uses, or interprets, by figures

figurate numbers plural noun

A series of numbers such that if each be subtracted from the next, and the series so formed be treated in the same way, by a continuation of the process equal differences will ultimately be obtained

figˈure-caster noun

An astrologer (obsolete)
A person who prepares casts of figures

figˈure-casting noun

Astrology (obsolete)
The art of preparing casts of animal or other forms

figˈure-dance noun

A dance consisting of elaborate formalized movements

figured bass noun

A bass with numerals added to indicate chords

figˈurehead noun

The figure or bust under the bowsprit of a ship
A merely nominal head, eg of an organization or a government

adjective

Nominal, but lacking real power

figˈure-hugging adjective

Denoting a tight piece of clothing which emphasizes the contours of the body

figure of eight noun see under eight

figure of fun noun

A person who is an object of ridicule

figure of merit noun (elec eng)

A general parameter which describes the quality of performance of eg an instrument or a circuit

figure of speech noun

Any of various devices (such as simile or metaphor) for using words in such a way as to make a striking effect

figure skater noun

figure skating noun

Skating in prescribed patterns on ice

figˈure-weaving noun

The weaving of figured fancy fabrics

figˈurework noun

Counting or calculation using numbers

cut a figure

To make a bold impression through one's appearance

figure on

To count upon or expect
To plan (US)

go figure (US informal)

To make an effort to understand something puzzling

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