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figure['figә]
n. 数
, 价
, 图形, 形状vt. 描绘, 
, 演算, 
vi. 
算, 
, 
[医] 图形; 数
[
] 数据, 价, 金额, 数
- They figured it was better to stay where they were.
还
。 - Mahatma Gandhi was both a political and a religious figure in Indian history.
甘印
政治
宗教
。 - The skater executed a perfect set of figures.
那
滑
做
套完美花
动
。
figure
[ noun ]
- a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
- a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)
- a well-known or notable person
- a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape
- an amount of money expressed numerically
- the impression produced by a person
- the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
- language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground
- a decorative or artistic work
- a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating
<noun.communication>
the area covered can be seen from Figure 2
<noun.body>
Leonardo studied the human body
he has a strong physique
the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
<noun.quantity>
0 and 1 are digits
<noun.artifact>
he made a figure of Santa Claus
<noun.person>
they studied all the great names in the history of France
she is an important figure in modern music
<noun.shape>
<noun.possession>
a figure of $17 was suggested
<noun.attribute>
he cut a fine figure
a heroic figure
<noun.attribute>
he had a number of chores to do
the number of parameters is small
the figure was about a thousand
<noun.communication>
<noun.cognition>
<noun.artifact>
the coach had a design on the doors
<noun.act>
she made the best score on compulsory figures
- judge to be probable
- be or play a part of or in
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- make a mathematical calculation or computation
- understand
<verb.cognition> calculate count on estimate forecast reckon
<verb.stative> enter
Elections figure prominently in every government program
How do the elections figure in the current pattern of internal politics?
<verb.creation> envision fancy image picture project see visualise visualize
I can't see him on horseback!
I can see what will happen
I can see a risk in this strategy
<verb.cognition> calculate cipher compute cypher reckon work out
<verb.cognition>
He didn't figure her
Figure \Fig"ure\ (f[i^]g"[-u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura;
akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See {Feign}.]
1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
Flowers have all exquisite figures. --Bacon.
2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting,
modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a
representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze;
a figure cut in marble.
A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak.
3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article;
a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a
pretty figure.
4. (Geom.) A diagram or drawing, made to represent a
magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a
surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called
superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when
inclosed by surfaces; any arrangement made up of points,
lines, angles, surfaces, etc.
5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career
of a person; as, a sorry figure.
I made some figure there. --Dryden.
Gentlemen of the best figure in the county.
--Blackstone.
6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous
representation; splendor; show.
That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law.
7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a
digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are
estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.]
With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest
figure. --Thackeray.
9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to
another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes
a type or representative.
Who is the figure of Him that was to come. --Rom. v.
14.
10. (Rhet.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas
by words which suggest pictures or images from the
physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any
deviation from the plainest form of statement. Also
called a {figure of speech}.
To represent the imagination under the figure of a
wing. --Macaulay.
11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the
relative position of the middle term.
12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or
movements made by a dancer.
13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the
astrological houses. --Johnson.
14. (Music)
(a) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as
a group of chords, which produce a single complete
and distinct impression. --Grove.
(b) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a
strain or passage; a musical phrase or motive; a
florid embellishment.
Note: Figures are often written upon the staff in music to
denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the
form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many
notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained
in one measure or bar. Thus, 2/4 signifies that the
measure contains two quarter notes. The following are
the principal figures used for this purpose: --
2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8
{Academy figure}, {Canceled figures}, {Lay figure}, etc. See
under {Academy}, {Cancel}, {Lay}, etc.
{Figure caster}, or {Figure flinger}, an astrologer. ``This
figure caster.'' --Milton.
{Figure flinging}, the practice of astrology.
{Figure-of-eight knot}, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See
Illust. under {Knot}.
{Figure painting}, a picture of the human figure, or the act
or art of depicting the human figure.
{Figure stone} (Min.), agalmatolite.
{Figure weaving}, the art or process of weaving figured
fabrics.
{To cut a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.] --Sir W.
Scott.
Figure \Fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Figured}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Figuring}.] [F. figurer, L. figurare, fr. figura. See
{Figure}, n.]
1. To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an
image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into
a determinate form; to shape.
If love, alas! be pain I bear,
No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior.
2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
The vaulty top of heaven
Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. --Shak.
3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.
As through a crystal glass the figured hours are
seen. --Dryden.
4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
Whose white vestments figure innocence. --Shak.
5. To prefigure; to foreshow.
In this the heaven figures some event. --Shak.
6. (Mus.)
(a) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other
characters, in order to indicate the accompanying
chords.
(b) To embellish.
{To figure out}, to solve; to compute or find the result of.
{To figure up}, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of.
Figure \Fig"ure\, v. i.
1. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as,
the envoy figured at court.
Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring
away brilliantly. --M. Arnold.
2. To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring
to secure the nomination. [Colloq.]
{go figure} a phrase used by itself as an interjection to
mean ``How can one explain that?'', or to express
puzzlement over some seeming contradiction. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
figure
figure (of) noise
figure adjustment
figure as
figure blank
figure case
figure code
figure counting series
figure description la...
figure disc
figure disk(-sc)
figure down
figure eight
figure eight knot
figure for
figure for...
figure in
figure in the carpet
figure key
figure keyboard
figure lamp
figure notation
figure number
figure of confusion
figure of eight
figure of equal area
figure of fun
figure of intersection
figure of loss
figure of merit
figure of merit for a...
figure of performance
figure of speech
figure of syllogism
figure of the earth
figure on
figure on...
figure out
figure out at
figure pattern
figure plate
figure punch
figure reading electr...
figure sheet
figure shift
figure shift (FIGS)
figure signal
figure skate
figure skater
figure skating
figure stamp
figure stone
figure thread
figure up
figure upon
figure-eight wire
figure-ground articul...
figure-ground discrim...
figure-of-8 pessary
figure-of-8 turn
figure (of) noise
figure adjustment
figure as
figure blank
figure case
figure code
figure counting series
figure description la...
figure disc
figure disk(-sc)
figure down
figure eight
figure eight knot
figure for
figure for...
figure in
figure in the carpet
figure key
figure keyboard
figure lamp
figure notation
figure number
figure of confusion
figure of eight
figure of equal area
figure of fun
figure of intersection
figure of loss
figure of merit
figure of merit for a...
figure of performance
figure of speech
figure of syllogism
figure of the earth
figure on
figure on...
figure out
figure out at
figure pattern
figure plate
figure punch
figure reading electr...
figure sheet
figure shift
figure shift (FIGS)
figure signal
figure skate
figure skater
figure skating
figure stamp
figure stone
figure thread
figure up
figure upon
figure-eight wire
figure-ground articul...
figure-ground discrim...
figure-of-8 pessary
figure-of-8 turn