zeugma
英 ['zjuːgmə]
美['zʊɡmə]
- n. 轭式修饰法
中文词源
zeugma 轭式搭配
来自希腊语zeugma,连接，轭，来自PIE*yeug,连接，词源同join,yoke,conjugate.
英英释意
- 1. use of a word to govern two or more words though appropriate to only one;
- "`Mr. Pickwick took his hat and his leave' is an example of zeugma"
英文词源
- zeugma (n.)
- 1580s, "a single word (usually a verb or adjective) made to refer to two or more nouns in a sentence" (but properly applying to only one of them), from Greek zeugma, "a zeugma; that which is used for joining; boat bridge," literally "a yoking," from zeugnynai "to yoke" (see jugular).