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    oxymoron

    详细解释:n. 矛盾修饰法, 逆喻

    词型变化:

    副词:oxymoronically形容词:oxymoronic名词复数:oxymora

    英语解释:

    名词 oxymoron:

    conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

    详细解释:


    ox.y.mo.ron

    n.(名词)
    【复数】 ox.y.mo.ra[-môr.…, -môr.…] 或 ox.y.mo.rons
    A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as ina deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
    矛盾修饰法:一种把互相矛盾或不调和的词合在一起的修辞手法,如在震耳欲聋的沉默悲伤的乐观

    来源:
    Greek oxumôron [from neuter of] oxumôros [pointedly foolish]
    希腊语 oxumôron [] 源自oxumôros的中性词 [直截了当的愚蠢]
    oxus [sharp] * see oxygen
    oxus [尖锐的] *参见 oxygen
    ros [foolish, dull]
    ros [呆的,枯燥的]

    【引伸】
    ox.ymoron.ic

    ox.ymoron.ically
    adv.(副词)