中文翻译与英英解释 | n.
(pl. -ses )【修辞学】
1.(在特定上下文中)语词的误用〔如 the fruitful river in the eye〕。
2.(由于不了解语源、修辞手法生硬等导致的)比喻的乱用，引申错误〔如 blind mouth 的比喻〕。
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| strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant'' to mean `flagrant'') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths'')
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| Catachresis (from Greek , "abuse") is "misapplication of a word, especially in a mixed metaphor" according to the Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Another meaning is to use an existing word to denote something that has no name in the current language. |
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