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单词 zeugma
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zeugma

noun
/ˈzjuːɡmə/
/ˈzuːɡmə/
[countable, uncountable] (specialist)
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  1. the use of a word which must be understood in two different ways at the same time in order to make sense, for example the word ‘baking’ in the sentence ‘The bread was baking, and so was I.’Topics Languagec2
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Latin from Greek, from zeugnunai ‘to yoke’; related to zugon ‘yoke’.
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