ornamentation by means of figures or designs 图案装饰法 ■(Music)use of florid counterpoint (乐)华彩音型法;华彩音,装饰音 the figuration of the accompaniment comes out too strongly. 这个伴奏装饰音来得太强了。 [count noun]in modern music we have small ostinato figurations. 现代音乐中我们有些短小的固定装饰音。
allegorical representation 比喻(或讽喻)表达法 the figuration of The Possessed is much more complex. 《群魔》的讽喻表达法要复杂得多。 [count noun]the opening parable may be read as a figuration of the main idea behind the novel. 开篇的寓言可解读为对这部小说主旨的一个比喻。
语源
Middle English (in the senses 'outline' and 'making of arithmetical figures'): from Latin figuratio(n-), from figurare 'to form or fashion', from figura (see figure)