garden path sentence

短语

发音

UK /ˈɡɑːdən pɑːθ ˈsɛntəns/
AU
US /ˈɡɑːɹdən pæθ ˈsɛntəns/

词形变化

garden path sentences 复数

别名

garden path garden-path sentence

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sentence that is easily parsed incorrectly when first read, due to the ambiguity of a word or words.

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词源

From the idiom lead someone up (or down) the garden path, because readers form an interpretation of the sentence which remains plausible until near the end of the sentence, at which point the readers realize that their interpretation cannot be right (they have been led up a garden path) and they must try another interpretation.

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