| 释义 |
syn·ec·do·che
\sə̇ˈnekdə(ˌ)kē\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek synekdochē, from syn- + ekdochē interpretation, from ekdechesthai to receive from another, understand in a certain way, from ek, ex out of, from + dechesthai to take, accept, receive; akin to Greek dokein to seem good — more at ex-, decent
: a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as willow for bat) — compare metonymy |