资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Figured \Fig"ured\, a.
   1. Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured
      muslin.

   2. Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] --Locke.

   3. (Mus.)
      (a) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See
          {Figurate}, 3.
      (b) Indicated or noted by figures.

   {Figured bass}. See {Continued bass}, under {Continued}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

figured bass
     n : a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers
         to indicate the chords to be played [syn: {basso continuo},
          {continuo}, {thorough bass}]