mondegreen

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɒndəɡɹiːn/    美 /ˈmɑndəɡɹiːn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A form of (possibly intentional) error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase, possibly in a different language.
    — Our report of a relative who, as a child, thought the classic version of the Lord's Prayer began "Our father, a chart in heaven, Harold be thy name" stated that this type of mistake is known as an eggcorn. A number of readers have suggested that instances like this in which a whole phrase rather than just a word is misheard, should be called mondegreens rather than eggcorns.
  2. A misunderstanding of a written or spoken phrase as a result of multiple definitions. rare

词形变化

mondegreens plural

词汇关系

相关词
daffynition folk etymology Hobson-Jobson soramimi
并列词
catachresis eggcorn malapropism

词源

Coined by American journalist and editor Sylvia Wright in 1954 in Harper's Magazine from mishearing a line in the Scottish ballad The Bonnie Earl o' Moray: “They have slain the Earl o' Moray, / And laid him on the green”, the second line being misheard as, “And Lady Mondegreen”.
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