| 单词 | metonym |
| 释义 | metonym (once / 358161 pages) n WORD FAMILY metonym: metonymic, metonyms+/metonymic: metonymically USAGE EXAMPLESIt is no accident that the metonym for language is a tongue, not an ear, an eye, or a prehensile thumb. The New Yorker(Aug 01, 2016) But the codes are really a metonym for foreign policy more broadly. Washington Post(Jul 15, 2016) In black women’s music, trifling men have long been metonyms for a patriarchy that never affords black women the love and life they deserve. Time(Apr 25, 2016) n a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing Washington is a metonym for the United States government plastic is a metonym for credit card Hyper word a unit of language that native speakers can identify |
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