单词 | literal |
释义 | literal —literalness, n. /lit"euhr euhl/, adj. 1. in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word. 2. following the words of the original very closely and exactly: a literal translation of Goethe. 3. true to fact; not exaggerated; actual or factual: a literal description of conditions. 4. being actually such, without exaggeration or inaccuracy: the literal extermination of a city. 5. (of persons) tending to construe words in the strict sense or in an unimaginative way; matter-of-fact; prosaic. 6. of or pertaining to the letters of the alphabet. 7. of the nature of letters. 8. expressed by letters. 9. affecting a letter or letters: a literal error. n. 10. a typographical error, esp. involving a single letter. [1350-1400; ME < LL litteralis of letters. See LETTER, AL1] Syn. 3. truthful, exact, reliable. |
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