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figuring 音标拼音: [f'ɪgjɚɪŋ] 修琢 修琢 figuring n 1: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [ synonym: { calculation}, { computation}, { figuring}, { reckoning}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] If love, alas! be pain I bear, [ 1913 Webster] No thought can figure, and no tongue declare. Prior. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. [ 1913 Webster] The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o' er with burning meteors. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute. [ 1913 Webster] As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. [ 1913 Webster] Whose white vestments figure innocence. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To prefigure; to foreshow. [ 1913 Webster] In this the heaven figures some event. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] { To figure out}, to solve; to compute or find the result of. { To figure up}, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of. [ 1913 Webster]
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