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单词 synecdoche
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
syn•ec•do•che  (si nekdə kē),USA pronunciation n. [Rhet.]
  1. Rhetorica figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • Greek synekdoché̄, equivalent. to syn- syn- + ekdoché̄ act of receiving from another, equivalent. to ek- ec- + -dochē, noun, nominal derivative of déchesthai to receive
  • Medieval Latin
  • 1350–1400;
syn•ec•doch•ic  (sin′ik dokik),USA pronunciation syn′ec•dochi•cal, adj.  syn′ec•dochi•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
synecdoche /sɪnˈɛkdəkɪ/ n
  1. a figure of speech in which a part is substituted for a whole or a whole for a part, as in 50 head of cattle for 50 cows, or the army for a soldier
Etymology: 14th Century: via Latin from Greek sunekdokhē, from syn- + ekdokhē interpretation, from dekhesthai to accept

synecdochic /ˌsɪnɛkˈdɒkɪk/, ˌsynecˈdochical adj
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