n.[C]

1. 外形；體形；人影
   I saw a figure in the darkness.

   我看到暗處有一個人影。

2. 體態；風姿
   She has an attractive figure.

   她有迷人的曲線。

   She has a slender figure.

   她身材苗條。

3. 人物；名人
   He has become a figure known to everyone.

   他已成了一個知名人物。

4. 數字
   Where did you get those figures?

   你從哪兒得到那些數字的？

5. 數量；金額；價格
   His work now commands huge figures.

   他的作品現在值大價錢。

6. 圖表；圖解；插圖
   Our textbook has many figures to help explain the lessons.

   我們的教科書有許多圖表幫助解釋課文。

7. （溜冰等）花式；舞步
8. 圖形
9. 畫像；塑像

vt.

1. 計算
   Please help me to figure out my income tax.

   請幫我算一下我的所得稅。

2. 認為，以為；估計[Y][+（that）]；料到
   How do you figure that?

   你如何料到的？

   I figure that you'd want your coffee.

   我想你要喝咖啡了。

3. 描繪；描述
4. 象徵

vi.

1. 出現；露頭角；扮演角色[（+as/in）]
   John figured as chief guest at the party.

   約翰在這次聚會上是主賓。

2. 做算術，計算
   The book keeper figured well.

   這位簿記員長於計算。

3. 【美】【口】合乎情理；有道理
   That doesn't figure!

   那沒道理！

n.

1. a number or a numerical symbol.
   ▸an amount of money.
   ▸ (figures) arithmetical calculations.
2. a person of a particular kind:
   a public figure.
   ▸a person seen indistinctly.
   ▸an artistic representation of a human or animal form.
3. a person's bodily shape, especially that of a woman.
4. a shape defined by one or more lines in two dimensions, or one or more surfaces in three dimensions.
   ▸a diagram or illustrative drawing.
   ▸(in skating) a movement or series of movements following a prescribed pattern.
   ▸a pattern formed by the movements of a group of people, for example in country dancing, as part of a longer dance or display.
   ▸archaic external form or shape.
5. Music  a short succession of notes producing a single impression.
6. Logic  the form of a syllogism, classified according to the position of the middle term.

v.

1. be a significant part of or contributor to something.
2. N. Amer. calculate arithmetically.
3. informal, chiefly N. Amer. think; consider.
   ▸be perfectly understandable:

   she supposed that figured.
   ▸ (figure someone/thing out) reach an understanding of someone or something.
4. (figure on) N. Amer. informal expect (something) to happen or be the case.
5. represent in a diagram or picture.
   ▸ [usu. as adj. figured] embellish with a pattern.