| 单词 | metonymic |
| 释义 | metonymic (once / 492472 pages) adj WORD FAMILY metonymic: metonymically+/metonym: metonymic, metonyms USAGE EXAMPLESBut for fans of his wordplay, there was a metonymic moment, just a few songs in, when the band played, “Lord Knows.” The New Yorker(Apr 21, 2015) The Hundred Names is a metonymic reference to "the common man." The Guardian(Feb 28, 2011) There are some instances in which the Scriptures themselves reveal the character and limit the meaning of the metonymic passages. Miller, Hugh, The Testimony of the Rocks—or, Geol...(2010) adj using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works Syn metonymical figurative, nonliteral (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech |
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