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    catachresis

    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- 2
    khrôsthai [使用] *参见 gher- 2

    【引伸】
    cat.achres.tic

    cat.achres.tically
    adv.(副词)

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