catachresis是什么意思 catachresis的用法 catachresis怎么读

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catachresis

英 [,kætə'kriːsɪs]美

n. 用词不当;词形更改;修辞手法生硬而自相矛盾的误用

catachresis是什么意思 catachresis的用法 catachresis怎么读

英语词源

catachresis (n.)

1580s, from Latin catachresis

, from Greek katakhresis "misuse" (of a word), from katakhresthai "to misuse," from kata- "down" (here with a sense of "perversion;" see cata-) + khresthai "to use" (see hortatory). Related: Catachrestic; catachrestical; catachrestically.