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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   literal

   • IPA[ˈlidərəl]

   美式

   • adj.
     taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory；free from exaggeration or distortion
   • n.
     a misprint of a letter.
2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread
   • ▪ free from exaggeration or distortion you shouldn't take this as a literal record of events 同義詞 strict, factual, plain, simple, bare, ... 更多exact, straightforward, stark, unvarnished, unexaggerated, unembellished, undistorted, unadulterated, objective, narrow, correct, true, truthful, faithful, accurate, genuine, authentic, veritable, veracious, gospel反義詞 metaphorical, figurative, loose, approximate
   • ▪ informal absolute (used to emphasize that a strong expression is deliberately chosen to convey one's feelings) fifteen years of literal hell
   • 2. (of a translation) representing the exact words of the original text a literal translation from the Spanish 同義詞 word-for-word, verbatim, line-for-line, letter-for-letter, exact, ... 更多precise, faithful, close, strict, to the letter, undeviating, true, accurate, rareliteratim反義詞 loose, liberal, vague
   • ▪ (of a visual representation) exactly copied; realistic as opposed to abstract or impressionistic.
   • 3. (of a person or performance) lacking imagination; prosaic his interpretation was rather too literal 同義詞 literal-minded, down-to-earth, factual, matter-of-fact, no-nonsense, ... 更多unsentimental, levelheaded, hardheaded, prosaic, unimaginative, colorless, pedestrian, tedious, boring, dull, humdrum, uninspired, uninspiring, prosy反義詞 whimsical
   • 4. of, in, or expressed by a letter or the letters of the alphabet literal mnemonics

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. British a misprint of a letter.

   non-literal

   • adj.
     not using or taking words in their usual or most basic sense: young children and foreigners may not at first understand these non-literal meanings

   Oxford Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   literal

   • IPA[ˈlɪt(ə)rəl]

   英式

   • adj.
     taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or exaggeration: dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread
   • n.
     a misprint of a letter.

   Oxford Dictionary