metonymy

  畅通词汇  
[mə'tɒnəmi]     [mə'tɑːnəmi]    
  • n. 转喻
metonymic metonymically metonymies
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metonymy的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

英英释义

Noun:
  1. substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')

metonymy的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词 (n.)
  1. Tropes include metaphor, simile, metonymy, synecdoche, etc.
    比喻用法包括隐喻、明喻、转喻、提喻等。

经典引文

  • 'Stokes', the name of the inventor..has, by metonymy, come to mean the trench mortar gun itself.

    出自:Athenaeum
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