释义 |
Adjective: synecdochic `sinik'dókik- Using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it
"to use 'hand' for 'worker' or 'ten sail' for 'ten ships' or 'steel' for 'sword' is to use a synecdochic figure of speech" - synecdochical
See also: figurative, nonliteral, synecdoche Encyclopedia: Synecdochic |