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有形狀的,用圖畫表現的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Figured \Fig"ured\, a.
   1. Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured
      muslin.

   2. Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] --Locke.

   3. (Mus.)
      (a) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See
          {Figurate}, 3.
      (b) Indicated or noted by figures.

   {Figured bass}. See {Continued bass}, under {Continued}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

figured
     adj : of e.g. fabric design; "my dress is richly figured"- Amy
           Lowell