单词 | synecdochic |
释义 | synecdochic (once / 3939771 pages) adj WORD FAMILY synecdochic: synecdochically USAGE EXAMPLESHysterical realism is basically synecdochic: it substitutes the finite part for the infinite whole. Time(Jul 11, 2012) adj 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 Syn synecdochical figurative, nonliteral (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech |
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