| 单词 | zeugma |
| 释义 | zeugma (once / 176408 pages) n A zeugma is a literary term for using one word to modify two other words, in two different ways. An example of a zeugma is, “She broke his car and his heart.” When you use one word to link two thoughts, you're using a zeugma. Some literary experts distinguish a zeugma from a syllepsis by insisting that in a zeugma, only one of the two thoughts should make literal or grammatical sense. For example, you could use the zeugma, "I lost my keys and my temper." In Greek, zeugma means "a yoking," as in yoking one word to two ideas. WORD FAMILYzeugma USAGE EXAMPLESAchilles, shown here in a Roman mosaic from Zeugma in modern day Turkey, is the central character of The Iliad. National Geographic(Jan 10, 2016) The eastern garrison town of Zeugma from 300BC is another historical site lost to the waters of a large dam project. The Guardian(Jan 21, 2013) A few may think of rhetoric as a deadly classical discipline devoted to the exhaustive parsing and labeling of figures of speech: zeugma, anyone? Salon(May 28, 2012) n 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 Hypo|Hyper syllepsis use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one figure, figure of speech, image, trope language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
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