| 单词 | pleonasm |
| 释义 | pleonasm[ plee-uh-naz-uhm ] / ˈpli əˌnæz əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pleonasm ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy. an instance of this, as free gift or true fact. a redundant word or expression. Origin of pleonasm1580–90; <Late Latin pleonasmus<Greek pleonasmós redundancy, surplus, derivative of pleonázein to be or have more than enough, itself derivative of pleíōn more (see pleo-) OTHER WORDS FROM pleonasmple·o·nas·tic, adjectiveple·o·nas·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby pleonasmpleomastia, pleomorphic, pleomorphic lipoma, pleomorphism, pleon, pleonasm, pleonastic, pleonosteosis, pleopod, pleoptics, plerion Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pleonasmBritish Dictionary definitions for pleonasmpleonasm / (ˈpliːəˌnæzəm) / noun rhetoricthe use of more words than necessary or an instance of this, such as a tiny little child a word or phrase that is superfluous Derived forms of pleonasmpleonastic, adjectivepleonastically, adverbWord Origin for pleonasmC16: from Latin pleonasmus, from Greek pleonasmos excess, from pleonazein to be redundant 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 Medical definitions for pleonasmpleonasm [ plē′ə-năz′əm ] n.An excess in the number or size of parts. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。