zeugma

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one. countable,rhetoric,uncountable
  2. Syllepsis. countable,rhetoric,uncountable
    — The existence of zeugmas suggests the rule of transitivity. Zeugmas appear incorrect because they embody an allegedly univocal use of a term in a way which violated^([sic]) the rule of transitivity.

词形变化

zeugmata plural zeugmas plural zeugmenon alternative

词汇关系

上位词
brachylogy
相关词
diazeugma epizeugma hyperzeugma hypozeugma mesozeugma protozeugma prozeugma synzeugma
并列词
syllepsis

词源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζεῦγμα (zeûgma, “yoking; a bond, a band”), from ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, “to yoke; to join”), from ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “a yoke”).
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