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literally

/lit-er-uh-lee/US // ˈlɪt ər ə li //UK // (ˈlɪtərəlɪ) //

从字面上看,从字面上讲,从字面上看是,从字面上看是的

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in the literal or strict sense: She failed to grasp the metaphor and interpreted the poem literally.What does the word mean literally?
    • : in a literal manner; word for word: to translate literally.
    • : actually; without exaggeration or inaccuracy: The city was literally destroyed.
    • : in effect; in substance; very nearly; virtually: I literally died when she walked out on stage in that costume.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adv.word for word; exactly

Examples

  • It was so easy to target and literally harass our community.

  • Officials seldom step in to stop a fight unless one participant is being pounded into a vegetable or until the fighters bring the action literally down to the ice.

  • It’s going to literally take years to see the effects of this time on the industry.

  • Google’s latest announcement took the weight off nofollow links—quite literally.

  • It not only represents another way to improve UX and conversions but literally shows us what’s missing in our content strategy and product range.

  • He was then literally slapped around by the high priest, who pulled on his ears in an effort to produce tears.

  • There was poop humor—literally—when Valerie's house becomes flooded with fecal matter after a pipe bursts.

  • “He literally went underground to hold services,” Moscow-based dissident and journalist Victor Davidoff said in an email.

  • So for the 12 years he spent at Aldgate, Chaucer was mostly alone, with a teeming urban scene literally beneath his feet.

  • But once Kanye came along, Kim had to literally clean out her closet.

  • “You appear to feel it so,” rejoined Mr. Pickwick, smiling at the clerk, who was literally red-hot.

  • As I write dead quiet reigns on the Peninsula, literally dead quiet.

  • In a moment more Phœbe and Alice were at the door which admits to a passage leading literally to the side of the house.

  • First,—unless we get between the Divisional Generals and the enemy, there is literally no room!

  • On either side the carnage had been terrible, and the pathways of the village were literally choked with the dead.