| 释义 |
meta·lep·sis
\ˌmed.əlˈepsə̇s\ noun
(plural metalep·ses \-ˌsēz\)
Etymology: Latin, from Greek metalēpsis, literally, alteration, participation, from metalambanein to exchange, participate in, from meta- + lambanein to take — more at latch
: a figure of speech consisting in the substitution by metonymy of one figurative sense for another |