synecdoche

n. 提喻法

发音

US /sɪˈnɛk.də.ki/

词形变化

synecdoches 复数 synecdoches

别名

syndoche synechdoche

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it.

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    提喻法

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  2. 2.

    The use of this figure of speech.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

figure image figure of speech trope

词源

Borrowed from Latin synecdochē, from Ancient Greek συνεκδοχή (sunekdokhḗ, “receiving together”) from σύν (sún, “with”) + ἐκ (ek, “out of”) + δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to accept”), this last element related to δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, suppose, seem”).

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