metalepsis

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions. countable,rhetoric,uncountable

词形变化

metalepses plural

词源

From Latin metalēpsis, from Ancient Greek μετάληψις (metálēpsis, “succession”), from Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after”) and λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
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