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单词 malapropism
释义 malapropism
 —malapropistic,  adj.  
 /mal"euh prop iz'euhm/,  n.  
  1. an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
  2. an instance of this, as in "Lead the way and we'll precede."
 [1840-50; MALAPROP + -ISM]
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