详细解释: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
词型变化:
副词:catachrestically形容词:catachrestic名词复数:catachreses英语解释:
名词 catachresis:
strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')详细解释:
cat.a.chre.sis
n.(名词)【复数】 cat.a.chre.ses[-sôz]
Strained use of a word or phrase, as for rhetorical effect.牵强附会:字或短语的牵强使用,如为求修辞效果A deliberately paradoxical figure of speech.故意似是而非的比喻The improper use of a word or phrase, especially in application to something it does not denote, as the use ofblatant to mean .flagrant.. 字辞的滥用:字或短语的不适当使用,尤指将之用于它并不修饰的事物,如用blafant 表示臭名远扬的
来源:Latin catachrôsis [improper use of a word] 拉丁语 catachrôsis [字的不适当的使用] from Greek katakhrôsis [excessive use] 源自 希腊语 katakhrôsis [过分使用] from katakhrôsthai [to misuse] 源自 katakhrôsthai [误用] kata- [completely] * see cata- kata- [完全地] *参见 cata-khrôsthai [to use] * see gher- 2khrôsthai [使用] *参见 gher- 2
【引伸】
cat.achres.tic
cat.achres.tically
adv.(副词)