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单词 malapropism
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malapropism

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmalapropismmal‧a‧prop‧is‧m /ˈmæləprɒpɪzəm $ -prɑː-/ noun [countable] literary  MISTAKEan amusing mistake that you make when you use a word that sounds similar to the word you intended to say but means something completely differentExamples from the CorpusmalapropismIn spite of his inane malapropisms, he can talk circles around everyone else in the book.This is really a kind of malapropism.Origin malapropism (1800-1900) Mrs Malaprop character who uses words wrongly in the play The Rivals (1775) by Richard Sheridan, from French mal à propos not appropriate
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