Simplified Chinese Meaning of catachresis
滥用语
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Definitions and Meaning of catachresis in English
catachresis (n)
strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
catachresis (n.)
A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, To take arms against a sea of troubles. Shak. Her voice was but the shadow of a sound. Young.
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滥用语
strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')A figure by which
类比,迂回表达 ,密码,委婉说法,比喻,混合比喻,比喻,隐喻,自负,曲柄
No antonyms found.
catacaustic => 展踪线面, catacala => 夜蛾, catabolize => 分解, catabolism => 分解代谢, catabolise => 分解代谢,
