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单词 metalepsis
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
met•a•lep•sis  (met′ə lepsis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz).USA pronunciation [Rhet.]
  1. Rhetoricthe use of metonymy to replace a word already used figuratively.
  • Greek metálēpsis, equivalent. to meta- meta- + lēp-, variant stem of lambánein to take + -sis -sis
  • Latin
  • 1580–90
met′a•leptic, met′a•lepti•cal, adj. 
met′a•lepti•cal•ly, adv. 

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