literal
字面意义上的,字面上的,字面意义,字面意思
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- : 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.
- : following the words of the original very closely and exactly: a literal translation of Goethe.
- : true to fact; not exaggerated; actual or factual: a literal description of conditions.
- : being actually such, without exaggeration or inaccuracy: the literal extermination of a city.
- : tending to construe words in the strict sense or in an unimaginative way; matter-of-fact; prosaic.
- : of or relating to the letters of the alphabet.
- : of the nature of letters.
- : expressed by letters.
- : affecting a letter or letters: a literal error.
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Examples
Stigma, in other words, consists of the act of branding, which, in the case of enslavement, could be literal.
The literal meaning of “chakra” is “wheel,” and Chandrasekar’s striking chakra paintings, each keyed to a single color, revolve around a central axis.
So when you’re a 22-year-old American and all of a sudden you have an opportunity to see dead bodies in the literal flesh, every day, that’s a wonderful opportunity.
Green shoots for the economy can go hand in hand with literal green shoots.
From the land to the air to the sea, the terrain—both literal and psychological—these folks navigate can be tough.
I never hear a Democrat talk about these goods, which are, in the literal sense, indivisible—for us all.
So is the literal “turkey point of view” offered by the GoPros attached to the turkeys as they run around the coop.
“The amount of literal brainwork needed to do his job too such a toll on him that it sent him to an early grave,” Goode says.
What they will do is bring government into the bedroom in a far more literal way than the most aggressive anti-abortion laws.
“Air refueling and airlift assets were the literal pinch I am describing here,” the official said.
Sometimes it comes in literal sobriety, sometimes in derisive travesti, sometimes in tragic aggravation.