catachresis

n. 在特定上下文中词的误用, 修辞手法生硬而自相矛盾的误用

发音

UK /ˌkæt.əˈkɹiː.sɪs/
其它

词形变化

catachreses 复数 catachreses

别名

catechresis katachresis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.

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  2. 2.

    A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.

    Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.

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  3. 3.

    A misapplication or overextension of a figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied metaphor or trope.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

rhetorical device

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin catachrēsis, borrowed from Ancient Greek κατάχρησις (katákhrēsis, “misuse (of a word)”).

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