metalepsis

n. [语]进一步转喻法( 指把已作比喻用的词进一步用于另一比喻意义的一种修辞法)

词形变化

metalepses 复数 metalepses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

metonymy

词源

From Latin metalēpsis, from Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”), from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) and λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).

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