| 单词 | oxymoron |
| 释义 | oxymoron[ ok-si-mawr-on, -mohr- ] / ˌɒk sɪˈmɔr ɒn, -ˈmoʊr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR oxymoron ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural ox·y·mo·ra [ok-si-mawr-uh, -mohr-uh], /ˌɒk sɪˈmɔr ə, -ˈmoʊr ə/, ox·y·mor·ons.Rhetoric.a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.” Origin of oxymoron1650–60; <Late Latin oxymorum< presumed Greek *oxýmōron, neuter of *oxýmōros sharp-dull, equivalent to oxý(s) sharp (see oxy-1) + mōrós dull (see moron) OTHER WORDS FROM oxymoronox·y·mo·ron·ic [ok-see-muh-ron-ik], /ˌɒk si məˈrɒn ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby oxymoronoxyheme, oxyhemochromogen, oxyhemoglobin, oxyhydrogen, oxymetazoline, oxymoron, oxymorphone, oxymyoglobin, oxyneurine, oxyntic, oxyntic cell Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for oxymoron
British Dictionary definitions for oxymoronoxymoron / (ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn) / noun plural -mora (-ˈmɔːrə)rhetoric an epigrammatic effect, by which contradictory terms are used in conjunctionliving death; fiend angelical Word Origin for oxymoronC17: via New Latin from Greek oxumōron, from oxus sharp + mōros stupid Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for oxymoronoxymoron [ (ok-see-mawr-on) ] A rhetorical device in which two seemingly contradictory words are used together for effect: “She is just a poor little rich girl.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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