figurative
adjective /ˈfɪɡərətɪv/
/ˈfɪɡjərətɪv/
[usually before noun]- (of language, words, phrases, etc.
语言、词语等 比喻的 - (of paintings, art, etc.
绘画、艺术等 形象的 - a figurative artist
形象艺术家
- a figurative artist
词源Middle English: from late Latin figurativus, from figurare ‘to form or fashion’, from figura ‘shape, figure, form’; related to fingere ‘form, contrive’.