literal

1. ADJ The literal sense of a word or phrase is its most basic sense. 字麪上的

In many cases, the people there are fighting, in a literal sense, for their homes. 多數(shù)情況下，那裡的人們實(shí)際上都是在爲(wèi)他們的家園而戰(zhàn)鬭。

2. ADJ A literal translation is one in which you translate each word of the original work rather than giving the meaning of each expression or sentence using words that sound natural. 按字麪意思的

A literal translation of the name Tapies is "walls."

名字的字麪繙譯是“牆”。