| 单词 | antiphrasis |
| 释义 | antiphrasis[ an-tif-ruh-sis ] / ænˈtɪf rə sɪs / noun Rhetoric.the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning. Origin of antiphrasis1525–35; <Latin <Greek, derivative of antiphrázein to speak the opposite (anti-anti- + phrázein to speak); see phrase, sis OTHER WORDS FROM antiphrasisan·ti·phras·tic [an-ti-fras-tik], /ˌæn tɪˈfræs tɪk/, an·ti·phras·ti·cal, adjectivean·ti·phras·ti·cal·ly, adverbWords nearby antiphrasisantiphlogistic, antiphon, antiphonal, antiphonary, antiphony, antiphrasis, Antiphus, anti-pill, antiplasmin, antiplastic, antiplatelet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for antiphrasis
British Dictionary definitions for antiphrasisantiphrasis / (ænˈtɪfrəsɪs) / nounrhetoric the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal one, esp for ironic effect Word Origin for antiphrasisC16: via Late Latin from Greek, from anti- + phrasis, from phrazein to speak 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 |
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