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/ˈlɪtərəl/
Literal describes the exact, plain meaning of a word or sentence - no , no metaphor, nothing hidden behind it, just what it says. Literal is the opposite of 'figurative' (a meaning that isn't the plain one, like most ).
Literal describes the exact, plain meaning of a word or sentence literal 描述的是一個字或句子確切、直白的意思 - no exaggeration沒有誇張, no metaphor沒有比喻, nothing hidden behind it沒有藏著別的意思, just what it plainly says就是字面上講的那樣. Literal is the opposite of 'figurative' literal 跟「figurative」相反（a meaning that isn't the plain one也就是不直白的意思, like most idioms像大部分的成語）
For example, the phrase 'it's raining cats and dogs' does not have a literal meaning that makes sense - the actual, figurative meaning is just 'it's raining very hard.' People also say 'literally' to stress that something is exactly true, though many speakers today use 'literally' loosely, even when they don't mean it exactly, like saying 'I literally died laughing' when, of course, they didn't.
For example舉例來說, the phrase 'it's raining cats and dogs'「it's raining cats and dogs」這句話 does not have a literal meaning that makes sense沒有講得通的字面意思 - the actual, figurative meaning is just 'it's raining very hard'實際的比喻意思只是「雨下得很大」. People also say 'literally'人們也會說「literally」 to stress that something is exactly true來強調某件事完全是真的, though many speakers today不過現在很多人 use 'literally' loosely隨便亂用「literally」, even when they don't mean it exactly即使他們講的並不精確, like saying 'I literally died laughing'像說「I literally died laughing」 when, of course, they didn't他們當然沒有真的死掉
組成Comes from Latin littera, 'a letter of the alphabet', plus '-al.'
同家族的字
- lettershares the Latin root littera
- literatureshares the Latin root littera
原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
literaladj/ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəl/
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Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
- The literal translation of Spanish irse al otro barrio is "to go to the other neighbourhood" but it means "to die".
- A literal reading of the law would prohibit it, but that is clearly not the intent.
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Actual, real, physical.
- Mechanically, operating this hybrid vehicle is sort of a cross between driving a car and taming an animal, which means the movie treats the audience to the sight of a man (pretending to be a teenager) driving a literal monster truck in a field next to a woman (also pretending to be a teenager) riding a horse.
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That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given text is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it.
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lifestylereligiontheologyFollowing the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation.
- It is most important to distinguish literalistic from literal interpretation. [...] ‘Literalistic’ interpretation is like word-for-word translation that yields the verbally exact or ‘formally equivalent’ versions but also runs the risk of overlooking the main (illocutionary) point. Literal interpretation, on the other hand, is more like a translation that strives for dynamic equivalence and yields the literary sense.
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Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet); using literation.
- a literal equation
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Unimaginative; matter-of-fact; literal-minded.
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Used nonliterally as an intensifier. See literally for usage notes.
- Telemarketers are the literal worst.
literalnoun/ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəl/
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epigraphyhistoryhuman-sciencesA misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
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human-scienceslogicmathematicsAn atomic formula (consisting of a propositional variable) or its negation.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。