crash blossom

短语

词形变化

crash blossoms 复数 crash blossoms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sentence, often a news headline, that is subject to incorrect interpretation due to syntactic and/or lexical ambiguity.

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词源

From a headline, "Violinist linked to JAL crash blossoms". The author's intended interpretation is that the violinist (Diana Yukawa), who has blossomed, is linked to a JAL plane crash (since her father was on the plane). However, through syntactic ambiguity, the sentence can also be interpreted to mean that the violinist was linked to something called a "crash blossom".

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