单词 | zeugma |
释义 | zeugma —zeugmatic /zoohg mat"ik/, adj. —zeugmatically, adv. /zoohg"meuh/, n. Gram., Rhet. the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words when it is appropriate to only one of them or is appropriate to each but in a different way, as in to wage war and peace or On his fishing trip, he caught three trout and a cold. Cf. syllepsis. [1515-25; < Gk zeûgma a yoking, equiv. to zeug(nýnai) to YOKE1 + -ma n. suffix of result] |
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