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fig

/fig/US // fɪg //UK // (fɪɡ) //

形象,形象大使,形象化,形象地说是

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, especially a small tree, F. carica, native to southwestern Asia, bearing a turbinate or pear-shaped fruit that is eaten fresh, preserved, or dried.
    • : the fruit of such a tree or shrub, or of any related species.
    • : any of various plants having a fruit somewhat resembling this.
    • : a contemptibly trifling or worthless amount; the least bit: His help wasn't worth a fig.
    • : a gesture of contempt.

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Examples

  • Talents such as Baier and Wallace work at Fox News in the capacity of fig leaves.

  • I like to pipe the cheese into each fig by putting the cheese into a plastic bag, snipping the end and squeezing it out.

  • The figs, grapes and pears can be roasted a few days in advance.

  • Increase the oven temperature to 450 degreesAdd the figs to the baking sheet and return it to the oven.

  • Turn the oven off and return the pan to the oven for another 10 minutes, so the figs continue to soften.

  • Or is Rand co-opting them by merely using his newfound adviser as a fig leaf?

  • To say that a consignment is “in compliance” with packing regulations is a mere fig leaf.

  • Finally in 2003, the absurdity of the explosive numbers forced MLB to institute a fig leaf of testing.

  • This fig leaf of legality must be stripped away, otherwise violence will persist.

  • Powers never found the house he was looking for, because he never cared a fig for how he might pay for it.

  • Frequently they are found in alveolar arrangement, retaining the original outline of the alveoli of the lung (Fig. 4, b).

  • Each is surrounded by a gelatinous capsule, which is its distinctive feature (Fig. 9).

  • The specific gravity is most conveniently estimated by means of the urinometer—Squibb's is preferable (Fig. 14).

  • Crystals of urea nitrate or oxalate (Fig. 19) will soon appear and can be recognized with the microscope.

  • Hydrogen sulphid is easily prepared in the simple apparatus shown in Fig. 30.