| 单词 | literal |
| 释义 | literal adj. & n. --adj 1. taking words in their usual or primary sense without metaphor or allegory (literal interpretation). 2. following the letter, text, or exact or original words (literal translation; a literal transcript). 3. (in full literal-minded) (of a person) prosaic; matter of fact. 4. a not exaggerated (the literal truth). b so called without exaggeration (a literal extermination). 5. colloq. disp. so called with some exaggeration or using metaphor (a literal avalanche of mail). 6. of, in, or expressed by a letter or the letters of the alphabet. 7. Algebra not numerical. --n Printing a misprint of a letter. Derivatives literality n. literalize v.tr. (also -ise). literally adv. literalness n. Etymology: ME f. OF literal or LL litteralis f. L littera (as LETTER) |
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