oxymoron
英 [,ɒksɪ'mɔːrɒn]
美[,ɑksɪ'mɔrɑn]
- n. （修词中的）矛盾修饰法
词态变化
复数: oxymorons;
中文词源
oxymoron 矛盾修辞法
来自希腊语oxymoron,敏锐的傻瓜，来自oxys,锐利的，敏锐的，moron,傻瓜。后语言学家借用该词来表达矛盾修辞法。
英英释意
- 1. conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
英文词源
- oxymoron (n.)
- 1650s, from Greek oxymoron, noun use of neuter of oxymoros (adj.) "pointedly foolish," from oxys "sharp" (see acrid) + moros "stupid" (see moron). Rhetorical figure by which contradictory terms are conjoined so as to give point to the statement or expression; the word itself is an illustration of the thing. Now often used loosely to mean "contradiction in terms." Related: Oxymoronic.
实用场景例句
- It may sound like an oxymoron but money has its Achilles'heel.
- 听起来有点矛盾,但钱有它自己的阿基里斯定律.
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- They thought such a book an oxymoron.
- 出版商认为,这样的书包含着自我矛盾.
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- It may sound like an oxymoron: " A phone booth for the mobile world. "
- 这听起来好像有点矛盾: “ 适合移动世界的电话亭. ”
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