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单词 amphiboly
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
am•phib•o•ly  (am fibə lē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lies. 
  1. Philosophyambiguity of speech, esp. from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words, as in The Duke yet lives that Henry shall depose. Also called amphibology. 
  • Greek. See amphibolous, -y3
  • Latin amphibolia
  • 1580–90

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
am•phi•bol•o•gy  (am′fə bolə jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies. 
  1. amphiboly.
  • Late Latin amphibologia. See amphiboly, -logy
  • 1325–75; Middle English amphibologie
am•phib•o•log•i•cal  (am fib′ə loji kəl),USA pronunciation adj.  am•phib′o•logi•cal•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
amphibology /ˌæmfɪˈbɒlədʒɪ/, amphiboly /æmˈfɪbəlɪ/ n ( pl -gies, -lies)
  1. ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
Etymology: 14th Century: from Late Latin amphibologia, ultimately from Greek amphibolos ambiguous; see amphibole, -logy
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