literal

英 ['lɪtərəl] 美 ['lɪtərəl]

• adj. 逐字的；字面上的；文字的
• n. 错误字体

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 照字面的,原义的

   being or following the exact or original meaning or a word, phrase, etc.

2. 逐字的

   giving a single word in place of each original word

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 字母的
2. 缺乏想像力的
3. 逐字的
4. 字面上的
5. 文字的
6. 照字面的
7. 原义的
8. 如实的
9. 刻板的
10. 用字母代表的
11. 乏味的
12. 文字上的
13. 逐字逐句的
14. 不夸张的
15. 没有夸张的
16. 朴实的
17. 原原本本的
18. 呆板的
19. 平庸的
20. 字面意义的

n. 名词

1. 【印】错排
2. 文字上的错误
3. 印刷错误
4. 错误字体

英英释义

Noun:

1. a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

Adjective:

1. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something;

   "her actual motive"
   "a literal solitude like a desert"
   "a genuine dilemma"
   

2. without interpretation or embellishment;

   "a literal depiction of the scene before him"
   

3. limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text;

   "a literal translation"
   

4. avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis);

   "it's the literal truth"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. A literal translation is not always the closest to the original meaning.
   逐字翻译不一定最接近原义。
2. He made a literal interpretation.
   他逐字解释。
3. There had been a literal truth in his declaration.
   从字面上看，他刚才说的话并不假。
4. We can get the answer by literal interpretation.
   我们单从字面上就可以找到答案.
5. It was believed to be the literal manifestation of God on Earth.
   人们相信它是上帝在世间的文字表示。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. The emergency signal SOS has no literal meaning.
   呼救信号SOS在字面上没有任何意义。
2. The literal meaning of the word “cat” is an animal, not a girl.
   “猫”一词的本义是动物,不是小女孩。
3. Can I have a literal version of the conversation?
   我能获得一份这次谈话的书面资料吗?
4. He made a literal interpretation.
   他逐字解释。
5. A literal translation is not always the closest to the original meaning.
   直译并不总是最接近原意的翻译。

经典引文

• True there was never much talk of the heart, literal or figurative.

  出自： S. Beckett

• The literal meaning of Torah lishma may be 'learning for its own sake', but the true, the theological meaning of the idea is 'studying the revealed word of God for the sake of heaven.'

  出自： N. Podhoretz

• His literal illustration of The Song of Songs aroused a Catholic controversy.

  出自： F. Spalding

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• literal interpretation 逐字解释

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自后期拉丁语的litteralis，意为关于文字的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• actual
• close
• dull
• exact
• plain
• real
• simple

【反义词】

• loose