Definition of figura in English:

figura

nounPlural figurae fɪˈɡjʊərəfiˈɡyərə

(in literary theory) a person or thing representing or symbolizing a fact or ideal.
（文学理论用语）形象，象征；喻体
Example sentencesExamples
- The name Vinci stands not only as a metaphor for the master's pictorial perfection but also as a figura of his self.
- The woman's face, the narrator seems to argue, becomes a figura for the male will.
- They have described how the Renaissance blazon expresses the desire to fetishize and idolize the female body by fragmenting the subjective Other and reshaping her as a figura for the male poet's autonomy.
- Figura puts the stress on the shaped artifact itself and the viewer's efforts to interpret it.

Origin

Latin, literally 'figure' (representing an early use of figure to denote an emblem or type).

Rhymes

Angostura, Bonaventura, bravura, Bujumbura, caesura, camera obscura, coloratura, curer, Dürer, durra, Estremadura, fioritura, Führer, insurer, Jura, juror, Madura, nomenklatura, procurer, sura, surah, tamboura, tempura, tourer

Definition of figura in US English:

figura

nounfiˈɡyərə

(in literary theory) a person or thing representing or symbolizing a fact or ideal.
（文学理论用语）形象，象征；喻体
Example sentencesExamples
- The name Vinci stands not only as a metaphor for the master's pictorial perfection but also as a figura of his self.
- The woman's face, the narrator seems to argue, becomes a figura for the male will.
- They have described how the Renaissance blazon expresses the desire to fetishize and idolize the female body by fragmenting the subjective Other and reshaping her as a figura for the male poet's autonomy.
- Figura puts the stress on the shaped artifact itself and the viewer's efforts to interpret it.

Origin

Latin, literally ‘figure’ (representing an early use of figure to denote an emblem or type).

词汇	figura
释义	Definition of figura in English: figura nounPlural figurae fɪˈɡjʊərəfiˈɡyərə (in literary theory) a person or thing representing or symbolizing a fact or ideal. （文学理论用语）形象，象征；喻体 Example sentencesExamples The name Vinci stands not only as a metaphor for the master's pictorial perfection but also as a figura of his self. The woman's face, the narrator seems to argue, becomes a figura for the male will. They have described how the Renaissance blazon expresses the desire to fetishize and idolize the female body by fragmenting the subjective Other and reshaping her as a figura for the male poet's autonomy. Figura puts the stress on the shaped artifact itself and the viewer's efforts to interpret it. Origin Latin, literally 'figure' (representing an early use of figure to denote an emblem or type). Rhymes Angostura, Bonaventura, bravura, Bujumbura, caesura, camera obscura, coloratura, curer, Dürer, durra, Estremadura, fioritura, Führer, insurer, Jura, juror, Madura, nomenklatura, procurer, sura, surah, tamboura, tempura, tourer Definition of figura in US English: figura nounfiˈɡyərə (in literary theory) a person or thing representing or symbolizing a fact or ideal. （文学理论用语）形象，象征；喻体 Example sentencesExamples The name Vinci stands not only as a metaphor for the master's pictorial perfection but also as a figura of his self. The woman's face, the narrator seems to argue, becomes a figura for the male will. They have described how the Renaissance blazon expresses the desire to fetishize and idolize the female body by fragmenting the subjective Other and reshaping her as a figura for the male poet's autonomy. Figura puts the stress on the shaped artifact itself and the viewer's efforts to interpret it. Origin Latin, literally ‘figure’ (representing an early use of figure to denote an emblem or type).
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