literal

literal

意味(日本語)

文字どおりの

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

意味(英語)

  • (adjective) Being in accordance with, conforming to, or upholding the exact or primary meaning of a word or words.
  • (adjective) Word for word; verbatim: a literal translation.
  • (adjective) Avoiding exaggeration, metaphor, or embellishment; factual; prosaic: a literal description; a literal mind.
  • (adjective) Consisting of, using, or expressed by letters: literal notation.
  • (adjective) Conforming or limited to the simplest, nonfigurative, or most obvious meaning of a word or words.

例文

  • ‘Lateral thinking’ would be helped, too, by the neural arrangement in the right brain—the sideways extension of axons even makes the phrase literal rather than figurative.

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語源が同じ単語を一緒に覚えよう

literature

literature

文学

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

literally

literally

字義どおりに

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

【広告】

literary

literary

文学(的)の

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

literate

literate

読み書きのできるひと

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

illiterate

illiterate

文盲の ◇il(=not)

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

obliterate

obliterate

抹殺する ◇ob(=off) = 「文字を消す」から

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

obliteration

obliteration

抹殺、忘却

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

letter

letter

文字、手紙

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

lettering

lettering

レタリング(いろいろな書体の文字をかくこと)

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

man of letters

man of letters

文学者、文人

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

【広告】

epistle

epistle

手紙 ◇Gk.Epistle to the Romans(=ローマ人への書)

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)

epistolary

epistolary

書簡の

語源

  • liter- : L.littera = letter(文字)